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Letters / BY: Hillary Lawson, MD, September 2006
... addition, I would suggest to Dr Tyers  ( BCMJ  2006;48(4):163)  that he do his research regarding Cuba. While that ...
Editorials / BY: Dr J. Mark Ansermino, FFA, MMed, MSc, FRCPC September 2006
... 10 causes of death and illness in the developed world, [4]  claiming 100 000 to 218 000 lives in the United States ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) September 2006
... abdominal pain, seizure, cardiac arrhythmias, and coma. [4]  These effects only ever occur at levels far in excess of ... evidence has been found to support these claims. [4,6] The bottom line The addition of fluoride to water ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Philip Hassen, MPH, FCC, HSE, September 2006
... financial and coordination support to the campaign ( Table 4 ), and hosts the campaign’s web site (see ... 10 BC organizations):   Total:    26 94 5 41 166 Table 4 . Teams participating in Safer Healthcare Now! as of July ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Dr J. Mark Ansermino, FFA, MMed, MSc, FRCPC September 2006
... the building of a stronger information infrastructure. [4]  Without it, our health care system will deteriorate in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD, September 2006
... of ADRs in the US are US$30 to $130 billion annually. [1,2,4]  These estimates are even more meaningful when compared ... for Health Information (CIHI). They found that only 4% to 10% of cases identified were reported to the Canadian ... drug reactions for all ages. Of these reports, 7000 (68.4%) were classed as serious. The majority of reports (59.7%) ...
Clinical Articles / BY: G. Ross Baker, PhD, September 2006
... further developed and used these methods in Australia, [4]  England, [5]  New Zealand, [6]  and elsewhere. Adverse ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Ailve McNestry, MB, October 2006
... have some abnormalities on an MRI of the lumbar spine. [2-4] • If the patient does not have clinical signs of a ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, October 2006
... BCMA and the government. The existing MOCAP budget of $126.4 million is protected for the life of the agreement. ... be converted into a Parental Leave Program, for which $4.7 million has been budgeted. • Physician Health Plan ... the 2006 agreement. Updates General compensation changes 4 August 2006 The BCMA appointed Donald Munroe, QC, as the ...
Editorials / BY: Anthony J. Salvian, MD October 2006
... the government’s offer of a 10.5% fee increase over 4 years, and another 8% to go to targeted programs, I believe ... they were going to get. That is, a 10.5% fee increase over 4 years for all doctors. This is not the case, of course. All ...