Letters /
BY: Michael A. Noble, MD,
June 2009
... look far for examples of other municipal water outbreaks.[ 5 ] As much as municipal water at the origins may be ...
Obituaries /
BY: Larry Barzelai, MD,
June 2009
... Montreal, he returned to Windhoek where he practised for 5 years before coming to Vancouver. After a year of residency ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, PhD
July/August 2009
... for innovative approaches to educational programming.[ 5,6 ] In this article the term “continuing professional ... participation in CPD activities are shown in Table 5 . The attitudes of GPs and specialists regarding the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Tarek Khalil, MPH, MD, MCFP,
July/August 2009
... to access the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS).[ 5 ] However, to do so, IMGs must also take the OSCE. IMGs ... the Nova Scotia CAPP assessment passed. Subsequently, 5 of the 6 IMGs who took the BC CaRMS assessment were ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Gregory D. Deans, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
July/August 2009
... States, people over the age of 50 years have made up only 5% of confirmed cases,[ 3 ] suggesting the possibility of ... a surgical mask or use tissue to cover his or her cough.[ 5 ] Patients with mild ILI can be managed without diagnostic ... initiated within the first 48 hours after symptom onset.[ 5 ] There is currently no vaccine against S-OIV but ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Margaret Yandel, RD,
July/August 2009
... fat and restrict trans fat content of all other foods to 5% of total fat content of the food.[ 1 ] To ensure industry ... 65% of packaged cookies and 58% of popcorn are meeting the 5% trans fat limit. There has been great progress with ... that only 43% of products analyzed are meeting the 5% trans fat limit.[ 5 ] If significant progress is not ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
July/August 2009
... Oetter on backup vocals. Remember, what happens on deck 5 stays on deck 5 unless you have photos, like I do. Being among the ...
Editorials /
BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD
July/August 2009
... us a brief glimpse into medicine in Peru. Approximately 5% to 7% of the population is cared for under a private, and ...
Letters /
BY: Shefali Raja, BSc,
July/August 2009
... and the guidelines limiting mercury to below 1.0 ppm and 0.5 ppm for most fish and shellfish species sold in Canada. But ... into low (<0.1 ppm), moderate (between 0.1 ppm and 0.5 ppm), and high (>0.5 ppm) making them easier to understand. Health Canada has ...
Letters /
BY: Ari Giligson, MD,
July/August 2009
... of roughly 4 400 000, that makes for a ratio of 5.8 MDs per 100 000 (not 2.8 MDs). Furthermore, Dr Murray ... population of roughly 4 400 000, that makes for a ratio of 5.8 MDs per 100 000 (not 2.8 MDs). Furthermore, Dr Murray ...