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News / BY: Nicole Racette, MD, March 2010
... is for all patients to be seen and treated within 1 to 2 business days.  The clinic sees patients who: • Have ...
News March 2010
... and access to further diagnostic investigation. About 7.2% of women participating in routine screening mammography ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS March 2010
... and preventing drainage problems. They take about 2 hours and are inexpensive (e.g., CleanDrains.ca in ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD March 2010
... improvement of the specialist care system.  Over the past 2 years, the SSC has been building an effective relationship ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME March 2010
... or pharmacy. WorkSafeBC medical advisors receive 2 to 3 weeks of in-house training, followed by mentoring for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM April 2010
... showing the CV benefits of antihypertensive therapy.[ 2 ]  Clinical research has prompted a revolution in practice ...
Clinical Articles / BY: S.E. Lord, MD, April 2010
... injuries sustained by any other motor vehicle crash group.[2] Although public health efforts have resulted in ... and one electoral area with a combined population of over 2 million ( www.metrovancouver.org ).  The region is a large ... of 12 or higher, or if they required a hospital stay of 2 days or longer. Population-based epidemiology Few studies ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM April 2010
... new laboratory gold standard for all types of influenza.[ 2 ]  Once BCPHL rapidly implemented this new test, it was ... hospital physicians during seasonal influenza ( Figure 2 ). However, in the second wave, more specimens were ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD April 2010
... recommended the adoption of the WHO Growth Charts[ 1,2 ] for monitoring the growth of Canadian children in all ... as the index of weight relative to height starting at 2 years of age. WHO Reference 2007 Growth Charts In 2007, the ... and measured by their health care provider within 1 to 2 weeks of birth, at 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months, then ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, April 2010
... those over the age of 80, who require a medical exam every 2 years in order to maintain their driver’s licence.  ...