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Clinical Articles / BY: Neal Shahidi, January/February 2008
... a reportable condition in BC and has been monitored by the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) since ... 2005 the rate of IPD reported in the overall population of British Columbia was relatively stable at between 7.5 and 8.5 ... years and was related to an outbreak of serotype 5 IPD in British Columbia. For this age group alone the incidence rate ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC January/February 2008
... 20 December 2007). BC Centre for Disease Control British Columbia Treatment Guidelines: Sexually Transmitted ... infant, and syphilis: increasing cause for concern in British Columbia ...
Editorials / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2008
... issue—Volume 50, Number 1—marks the beginning of the  British Columbia   Medical   Journal ’s 50th year. So why ... of the  BCMJ  was threatened in late 1998 and early 1999 British Columbia’s physicians leapt to the journal’s ...
Letters / BY: David C. Marsh, MD, January/February 2008
... present treatment options. We believe it is time those in British Columbia suffering from addiction were offered these ...
News / BY: Judith G. Hall, MD, January/February 2008
... Paperback, 256 pages. $25.  Many of us in British Columbia have been influenced by the legacy of Jack ... General Hospital, his time as dean at the University of British Columbia, the development of continuing medical ... Petro­poulos, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Room 2D19-4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, ...
News January/February 2008
... countries, was named the 2008 Rhodes Scholar for British Columbia. The scholarship will allow Ms Preston, a ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, January/February 2008
... wait-list guarantees or building more infrastructure, British Columbians tell us that they want better, faster ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pat G. Camp, MSc, PT, March 2008
... disease (COPD) is a highly prevalent disorder in British Columbia and is expected to be the third leading ... concerning COPD prevalence is based on surveys. In British Columbia, prevalence estimates from three data ... ] the prevalence of chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema in British Columbia is 4.7% for men and 5.9% for women aged 40 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rob Gair, BSc (Pharm), March 2008
... adulteration, or improper purification. Two recent British Columbia cases highlight the possible danger of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Bill Mackie, MD March 2008
... exceed the upper daily limit (2300 mg) of sodium.  A British Medical Journal study published in April 2007 ...