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Obituaries / BY: Harold G. Hunt, MD, March 2009
... John followed his father into a career in medicine, and 2 years before he graduated in 1958 he married his high ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James K. Lai, MD, CCFP, FCFP, April 2009
... an essential component of health care reform in Canada.[ 1,2 ] EMRs have been shown to improve quality of care by: • ... on to a web survey page. The survey was available from 2 October 2007 to 14 December 2007. Respondents were first ... 47% for more than 3 years. The EMR functions used ( Table 2 ) included a group of “basic encounter” functions, such ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... considerable attention for various reasons. In the last 2 decades, for example, the entities of streptococcal toxic ... a mild upper respir­atory tract infection some 2 weeks before, but did not seek medical attention at that ... streptococcus. The peripheral white blood cell count was 8.2 with a normal differential. Test results for acute ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kristopher L. Schmidt, MSc, April 2009
... by inhibiting acetylcholine release from nerve synapses.[ 2 ] Botulism is potentially life threatening and should be ... and Services Version 4, www.bccdc.org/division.php?item=2 ). Since diagnostic tests may require up to several days, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... a food product under Health Canada’s Food and Drug Act.[ 2 ] The Canadian Food Inspection Agen­cy inspects domestic manufacturers and importers.[ 2 ] Products are subjected to a monitoring program focusing ... No licence is required to sell bottled water in Canada[ 2 ] but companies must adhere to provincial regulations when ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD April 2009
... environment is at the core of naturopathic medicine. 2.  Tollum causum : remove the cause. Instead of treating ... but for unrestricted access to all Schedule 1 and 2 drugs, which is identical to the formulary access of ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, April 2009
... specific nerve distribution, is a positive Waddell sign. 2. Distraction:  Distraction tests are movements that are ...
Letters / BY: Mike Marshall, MD, April 2009
... to make a commitment to the Flying Doctor Service (FDS)—2 years and your education is free. To start with this was ...
MDs To Be / BY: Tung Siu, MD, CCFP, ACBOM April 2009
... appropriately and sensitively in cross-cultural settings.[ 2 ] As the Canadian population becomes increasingly ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, May 2009
... a “comma-shaped bacillus” and named it “Vibrio.”[ 2 ] In a series of publications, he correctly described the ... In the early 19th century the population of London rose to 2.5 million through rapid urbanization and industrialization. ... billion people lack access to improved water sources and 2.6 billion lack access to im­proved sanitation.” Indeed, ...