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News March 2019
... of dying. Robinson notes that globally there are 14.1 million new cancer cases diagnosed each year, 8.2 million ...
News March 2019
... Columbians who died of an illegal drug overdose between 1 January 2016 and 31 July 2017 had recent contact with the ... justice system, according to a death review panel report[ 1 ] released by the BC Coroners Service in 2018. Of those, ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP March 2019
... that is still used more than 65 years later in WD-40.[ 1 ] And while you may not remember Apple’s desktop ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John Fan March 2019
... pmol/L), and free triiodothyronine (FT3) of 46.1 pmol/L (3.5–6.5 pmol/L). Given that these laboratory ... was found (TSH 0.01 mU/L, FT4 > 103.0 pmol/L, FT3 > 46.1 pmol/L), a referral was made to endocrinology. Upon being ... sclerosis. The patient was advised to stop the biotin for 1 week before repeat testing. Follow-up blood work revealed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Monica Dahiya, BSc March 2019
... and a twentyfold increase in liver-related mortality.[ 1 ] Acute hepatitis C infections can present ... hepatitis C cases are reported than elsewhere in Canada,[ 1 ] with the Metro Vancouver area having an alarmingly high ... injection drug users.[ 6 ] In a recent study of more than 1.1 million individuals in BC tested for hepatitis C, a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sofia R. Bartlett, PhD March 2019
... such as a health authority or province. Care cascades[ 1 ] are usually presented as bar graphs, showing stages of ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Helena Swinkels, MD, MHSc, FCFP, FRCPC March 2019
... a drop to drink!” in the May 2018 issue of the BCMJ .[ 1 ] We would like to thank Dr Maheswaran and the ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi March 2019
... GPSC column in the January/February issue of the BCMJ [ 1 ] represent networks that enable family doctors, midwives, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Steven Larigakis, MD March 2019
... ability to withstand and recover from minor challenges.[ 1 ] Frailty is multidimensional and consists of ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David J. Rhine, MD, FRCPC March 2019
... that arose from the Berlin Conference of October 2016;[ 1 , 2 ] and the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation’s Guidelines ...