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Clinical Articles / BY: Barbara Poole Lane, MPA May 2008
... lifetime risk of breast cancer is 1 in 9 for women in BC.[ 4 ] Approximately 2700 BC women are diagnosed with breast ... The number of women age 40 to 79 is expected to grow 21.4%, from 1020484 in 2007 to 1239286 in 2017.[ 7 ] Because ... program. Best practices versus current practices Table 4  compares the European and Canadian best practice ...
Obituaries / BY: Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP, MPH June 2008
... and would include an article written by Rita Charon.[ 4 ]  —Ruth Elwood Martin, MD Vancouver Obituaries Dr Mimi ...
Letters / BY: Michael A. McCann, MD, June 2008
... parental leave plan and the funding will be increased to $4.3 million annually. As a matter of interest, the maximum ...
Letters / BY: Jennifer Balfour, MD, FRCPC June 2008
... the two times I have applied for this benefit in the last 4 years I was told that funds did not exist to fund my leave ...
Letters / BY: James M. Wright, MD, PhD, FRCPC June 2008
... don’t have permission to release reviewers’ names.   4. We believe that total mortality outweighs microvascular ...
Letters / BY: Ehud Ur, MBBS, FRCPC June 2008
... reviewers, or their potential conflicts of interest.  4. The authors have ignored evidence that a lower glucose ...
Letters / BY: Pearce Wilcox, MD, June 2008
... exercise capacity and reduce dyspnea with exercise.[ 4 ] Similar data exist for LABA for exercise; however, other ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM June 2008
... well tolerated in clinical trials and postmarketing use.[ 4 ] Over 20 million doses have been distributed worldwide. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Navid Dehghani, MD, FRCPC, June 2008
... rounded they are also very corrosive to the esophagus.[ 4 ] The narrowest area within the GI tract is the esophagus, ... ( Figure 3 ) and shouldering on the lateral view ( Figure 4 ).  Recent studies suggest that once a disc battery moves ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, June 2008
... of cardiovascular risk factors beginning at age 20.[ 4 ]  Major risk indicators such as fasting serum lipid and ... As of 2004, approximately 1.3 million Canadians, or 4.9% of the population age 12 or older, had been diagnosed ...