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Clinical Articles / BY: William J. Kierans, BA, MA January/February 2006
... Vital Statistics Agency (BCVSA) published the first BC-specific chart in 1990, [2]  followed by comprehensive ... the 2004 overall chart as the standard for births in BC and it will soon appear on the Newborn Record in ... clinically applicable references based solely on births to BC residents. Methods The charts presented here are based on ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Thomas M. Lampinen, PhD January/February 2006
... paid to its health effects on youth and young adults in BC. Use of MA represents a shift from organic stimulants (for ... half the tablets and capsules presently sold in BC as ecstasy contain methamphetamine; and since 1999, ... Before we undertook our survey in 2003, information from BC youth drug treatment facilities, early psychosis programs, ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2006
... motion in the federal parliament by the way), the BC Minister of Health, and every other provincial Minister of ... about political appropriateness. However, at least in BC the very visible absence of the BCMA president can likely ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD January/February 2006
... like me, who take care of the bulk of patients in BC with diabetes. The authors state, “patients with ...
News / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2006
... Taunton named chief medical officer for 2010 University of BC sports medicine doctor, Dr Jack Taunton has been selected ... cardiopulmonary research. Thommasen book wins BC Book Prize In 2005 Dr Harvey Thommasen and his co-authors ... director Dr Julio Montaner has been named director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (CfE) and physician ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP January/February 2006
... apply: • The worker must be—or have been—employed in BC (or have employment with a sufficient connection to BC). • The worker’s employment must have played a ... all occupational disease claims from workers throughout BC. To reach us, call 604 276-3007 or toll-free 1 888 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Areta B. Wong, BSc, March 2006
...  We continued the examination of maternal mortality in BC by reviewing all reported maternal deaths for 1987–2004. ... by the physiological effects of pregnancy. [5,6] The BC Vital Statistics Agency provided data on the number of ... maternal deaths for 1987–2004 were also provided by the BC Vital Statistics Agency. The maternal mortality rates for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janene Spring, RN, BScN, MSCN, March 2006
... approaches to patient care in the past few decades. In BC, all five health authorities have MS clinics to address ... are currently classed as Special Authority medications in BC, they can be prescribed only by MS clinic neurologists ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Richard K. Elwood, MB, BCh, MRCP(UK), FRCPC March 2006
... 19% to 45%. Thankfully, MDR-TB still remains unusual in BC, representing less than 2% of our active cases. The most ... MB, BCh, MRCP(UK), FRCPC —Victoria Cook, MD, FRCPC BC Centre for Disease Control BC Centre for Disease Control Drug-resistant tuberculosis ...
Letters / BY: Bill Mackie, MD March 2006
... services available. If all individuals with addictions in BC were able to access appropriate treatment services when ... if appropriate, recommend system and policy changes for BC. BCMA members and others with knowledge and experience in ...