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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC October 2007
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects about 1.5% of British Columbians. The incubation period is usually 6 ... with chronic HCV infection after 20 years, and 1% to 5% will develop hepatocellular carcinoma or require a liver ... are being revised based on new Canadian guidelines.[ 5 ] The current recommended antiviral treatment for HCV is ...
Case Report / BY: Tony Wilson, MD, October 2007
... viscosity to stick in place), applied twice daily. Within 5 days the edges appeared vividly hyperemic and healthier. As ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG October 2007
... trying to improve, (4) basing what we do on evidence, (5) education, (6) leadership, and (7) collegiality. All ...
News October 2007
... one student, one resident, and one early career physician (5 years post-residency) member who has demonstrated exemplary ...
Premise / BY: Michael A. Ross, MD, FRCSC October 2007
... present is permissible—however ineffective it may be. 5. The placebo effect. Seventy percent of nonterminal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hin Hin Ko, MD November 2007
... lifestyle) have been investigated in previous studies, [5-7]  little research has been done to compare the relative ... presented were chosen based on a literature review [ 5 ],[ 6 ],[ 8 ] and discussions with medical students, ... “not at all helpful.” The rest of the students, 43.5%, found their mentors “somewhat helpful” or “pretty ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel Rapoport, MD, November 2007
... subjective cure or improvement in 80% to 90% of patients.[ 5 , 6 ] Complication rates are well documented. The transfusion rate is less than 5% and bladder or ureteric injury is less than 2%.[ 3 ] Urinary retention occurs in less than 5% of patients and almost never requires surgical revision.[ ...
Clinical Articles / BY: H. Davis, MD, November 2007
... the care of people with alleged traumatic brain injury.[ 5 , 6 ] The current literature on mild traumatic brain injury ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Susan Germain, MD, November 2007
... (416 391-2362) to request junk mail be stopped. Step 5. Reuse and recycle • Use cloth gowns.  • Stock ... 2007. 468 page pdf document available at  www.gghc.org . 5.  www.sustainablehospitals.org 6. ...
ICBC / BY: John Vavrik, PhD, November 2007
... (ADDs) are also associated with increased crash risk.  [5]  Physicians who diagnose ADD and ADHD are in a good ...