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President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD May 2010
... in December 2008 when I, together with some 6000 people from around the world, heard about a pediatric trauma ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Pamela Verma, BSc, May 2010
  Every time we ask people if they have heard of Dr Arun Garg, smiles spread ... seems to be in his ability to engage diverse groups of people—to connect the dots. Dr Garg, tell us about your ... picture and connect the dots by bringing diverse groups of people together, you can have a tremendous impact. Indeed, I ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Robert Young, MD, June 2010
... for seniors, women through pregnancy and childbirth, and people with mental illness and substance abuse issues. ...
News June 2010
... But the disease has come back with a vengeance: 2 million people die of TB each year.  Doctors Without ... by an even more worrisome phenomenon: one in four people who have tuberculosis become ill with a form of the ... treated with standard drug regimens.  Every year 120000 people around the world die from this so-called MDR-TB, while ...
News June 2010
... eyebrow. The side and chin straps should be snug.  4.  People of all ages should wear a helmet when they ride. ...
News June 2010
... to learn more and register. In BC there are currently 333 people waiting for a solid organ transplant, and there is a ... available. One person could save the lives of up to seven people.  BC’s Organ Donor Registry was introduced in 1997 ...
Obituaries / BY: Carolyn van Schagen, MD, June 2010
... residency.  While there, she fell in love with the people, the bars, and the accents. Kerry then began her work ... always felt that she received as much as she gave to the people of Santa Clotilde.  Between times, she would raise ... Maurice Schroeder stated, “She chose to see the best in people and reflect it back to them.” Kerry lived as Mother ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD June 2010
... pooped.  There are genuine politicians out there and people within the ministry who really are interested in what we do and helping us to do it better. Finding those people and working with them has been a real joy, and I hope ... keep perspective and balance.  1. Don’t allow other people’s emergencies to become your emergencies.  2. Life ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Megan Isaac-Renton, BSc, July/August 2010
... hunters, trappers, and those who handle ill wild animals. People working with sheep have been reported to be at high ... infected animal.  Infection can be prevented by educating people at high risk (animal handlers, trappers, and farmers ... and to insect vectors that harbor disease) and encouraging people to avoid exposure to insects in endemic areas. Because ...
News / BY: Martin De Smet, MD, July/August 2010
... diagnostics, malaria continues to kill almost 1 million people every year. In sub-Saharan Africa, malaria is the ...