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Letters / BY: Philip M. Alderman, MD March 2002
... for Voluntary Surgical Contraception (now renamed Engender Health) and no-scalpel promoters have claimed fewer ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kathleen M.N. Lee, RDN April 2002
... of obesity versus surgery. • The National Institute of Health in the United States (NIH) released the first American ... to surgery A new algorithm that can be used by health care professionals in the evaluation and treatment of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Clugston, MD, FRCSC, FACS April 2002
... or any time thereafter, providing the patient’s overall health is appropriate. Skin-sparing mastectomy is a major ... to provide an information base for both the public and health care communities ( ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD April 2002
... Canadian province, other than BC. Most of this country’s health ministers seem to have finally figured out that if you ... and they seem to have a pretty good grasp of how important health care is to the people who will vote in the next ... new system, providing more funding for the training of health professionals in the next decade. The next 6 months ...
Editorials / BY: Michael Goldberger, MD April 2002
... by the government, relegated to the sidelines of the health care battlefield, and stripped of our ability to earn ... anger and outrage at corporate BCMA or the Ministry of Health is a natural reaction, though somewhat akin to ... me to reflect deeply on the nature and direction of our health care system. At the time of initial diagnosis, his ...
Letters April 2002
... of choice for all women in the area of reproductive health. —Catherine Clelland, MD  Treasurer, Planned ...
Clinical Articles / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC May 2002
... Patient information handout on the safe use of natural health products. (May be reproduced without permission and given to patients.) Guidelines on using natural health products • See your doctor to establish the cause of ... when you see your doctor. • Avoid using natural health products with exceptional claims, incomplete ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jiri Frohlich, MD, FRCPC May 2002
... and stroke.  Figure 1  shows the data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES) that compared CHD death ... Diabetes Study (UKPDS),  [12]  and the Cardiovascular Health Study [8,13]  showed that the major lipoprotein ... of excessive accumulation of abdominal fat is a public health priority.  Competing interests None declared.   ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Bigham, MD May 2002
... disease re-emerged as one of the most significant public health issues in British Columbia. Highlights included: • A ... evaluation of meningococcus. • Expanding public health guidelines for who contact tracing and prophylaxis are ... and pneumonia. • A recommendation by the provincial health officer, the British Columbia Centre for Disease ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2002
... one of the most persistent problems confronting Canadian health care. [1-3]  British Columbia is no exception, with ... referral centres, including Greater Vancouver, the Capital Health Region, as well as Courtenay/Comox, Cranbrook, ... issues include things such as satisfaction with health, housing, finances, relationships, recreation, and ...