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Clinical Articles / BY: Hiram Mok, MA, MB BCh, BAO, FRCPC March 2007
... medications developed in China about 3000 years ago. [1]  TCM is based on the principle that the human body and ... by bringing the body back into harmony and health. [1]   Many ethnic patients have strong beliefs in their own ... February 2006 using a standardized questionnaire ( Figure 1 ) to interview 61 Chinese patients attending the Vancouver ...
Clinical Articles / BY: William J. Kierans, BA, MA March 2007
... study we presented birth weight by gestational age charts [1]  based on live birth registrations and notices of birth ... presented earlier for birth weight by gestational age, [1]  these charts provide physicians and other health care ... presented here are based on records of live births from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2000. Records with missing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brett Heilbron, MB ChB March 2007
... revealed no other pertinent information. CCTA ( Figure 1 ) revealed the proximal right coronary artery to be ... when 64-detector technology (64-CT) is utilized. [1-4]  Close to 100% of coronary arteries greater than 1.5 to 2.0 mm in diameter are reportedly assessable with ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP April 2007
... pilot program). The five components of the program 1. Pain and medication assessment When injured workers are ... follow-up Post-discharge follow-up, once a month for 1 or 2 days for up to a year, may be provided to address the ... score of 9.13 out of 10. MARP offers three options: 1. A medical assessment to provide diagnostic clarification ...
News / BY: Tara Lyon April 2007
... challenging enough, a mass casualty incident was staged at 1:30 p.m., involving a vehicle fire and a mock crash between ... Program GPs, you and your MOA are invited to attend a 1-day, hands-on workshop designed to help you increase your ... will be held throughout the province this summer between 1 May and 14 June.  At the workshop, many practice-related ...
MDs To Be / BY: Lee MacKay, BSc, April 2007
... Columbians is their current lack of a family physician. [1]  The deficit of family physicians throughout the province ... over 101 health care cooperatives providing care to over 1 million people spanning eight provinces. The International ... principles common to primary care cooperative clinics: 1) community-based organization and control; 2) a spectrum of ...
Editorials April 2007
... 50-foot lot on the west side of Vancouver cost $110 000 ($1.2 million plus today). Last week our dishwasher broke down ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) April 2007
... community (including Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates [1] ) has expressed concern that a decline in science skills ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Barbara Cadario, BSc, BScPhm, MSc April 2007
... large intestines. The man’s gas retention persisted for 1 week… donepezil was restarted, and he experienced ... and dramatic improvement of his clinical symptoms.” [1,2] Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are the second-most common ... actions that can be taken now by individual clinicians: 1. Expect the unexpected This case of paralytic ileus induced ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pamela S. Lansky, MA, MEd, RCC, April 2007
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” [1] With this opening to  A Tale of Two Cities , Charles ...