BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
December 2009
... infection in BC has steadily increased since 1998.[ 1 ] The 2007 rate of 227.6 per 100000 rose to 239.3 in 2008, ... beginning in 1998, again paralleling Canadian rates.[ 1 ] The BC rate rose in 2008 to 31.3 per 100000 from 27.9 in ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC
December 2009
... in 2006 and that 168 (36.7%) were alcohol-related.[ 1 ] At least once every 3 days a physician in BC has to tell ... have been rising and by 2006 exceeded 1999 levels.[ 1 ] An external mid-term review of Canada’s Road Safety ... drinking in the past 30 days rose from 14.7% in 2005 to 18.1% in 2008 (representing over 4 million drivers).[ 6 ] ...
Letters /
BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC
December 2009
... not by design but failure to question an outmoded notion[ 1 ] and is inconsistent with the norms of modern society. The ...
News
December 2009
On 5 February 2010, 1 week before the Olympics begin, 20 BCMA members will be ... run far--but we will run with enthusiasm. The distance is 1 km, with each runner carrying the torch for 50 metres. ...
News /
BY: Ian Pike, PhD
December 2009
... of death for British Columbians between the ages of 1 and 44, and claim the lives of more children in the ...
Physician Information Technology Office /
BY: Jeremy Smith,
December 2009
... peer advice to be a significant barrier to EMR adoption.[ 1 ] Over the last 2 years, however, a large number of BC ... would normally be allocated an ADSL type of circuit (PPN 1 or PPN 2) due to their practice size, but needs to upload ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Peter Rothfels, MD
December 2009
... desk—2 metres from the receptionist is optimum; 1 metre away, in addition to the width of the desk, is ...