WorkSafeBC /
BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP
January/February 2007
... province. MOAs are free to attend any advertised session. 4. Letters announcing new fee schedule items for physicians ...
News /
BY: Kwadwo Ohene Asante, BChB,
January/February 2007
... Conry. Vancouver: Groundwork Press, 2006. ISBN 0-973-54441-4. Paperback, 128 pages. $24.95. This book is the 3rd edition ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Maia Love, BSc, BGS,
January/February 2007
... developed a chart detailing gaps in services (see Table 4 ). Motivational interviewing Motivational interviewing is a ... interviewing in emergency department settings. [4] In follow-up interviews, 70% of alcohol-positive young ... of drug abstinence than control groups, with ratios of 17.4% to 12.8%, 40.2% to 30.6%, and 22.3% to 16.9%. [6] Thus, ...
ICBC /
BY: Martin Ray, MD,
January/February 2007
... each time between the patient and ICBC. Why is that? 4. As with WorkSafeBC, are there any ICBC expedited ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Janet Webb, BSc(Pharm), MSc,
January/February 2007
... clomipramine (12.5 deaths/million prescriptions; 95% CI 9.4–16.3). Among serotonergic antidepressants, the maximum ... causing seizures compared with TCAs is estimated to be 4.4 (95% CI 1.4–13.8). [10] The Poison Control Centre at ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Chris Whittington, MB BS, MBA, FCFP, FACRRM
January/February 2007
... then given to the possibility of the patient having type 4 hemochromatosis or ferroportin disease because of the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Dafna Rippel, MD, MAH,
January/February 2007
... a strong association with peripheral vascular disease. [4] Based on these data, the authors suggested that 10% of ... events and, for that matter, cardiovascular [4,7,13] and noncardiovascular death, [13] reducing the ...
Editorials /
BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD
March 2007
I read with concern the Vancouver Sun article of 4 January 2007, in which Dr Penny Ballem states that she has ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Kevin Elwood, MD
March 2007
... the TNF–α inhibitors. Alternatively, rifampin for 4 months can be used should side effects preclude the ...