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Physician Spotlight / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC November 2010
... Canada, is seldom re­membered in his home pro­vince of British Columbia. Who was Russell Palmer? Lt. Col. Russell ... introduced both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis to British Columbia and by initiating the two renal units in ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP November 2010
... who were actively working with asbestos in the past. In British Columbia, this includes workers generally older than ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD December 2010
... drivers in the quest to beat colo­rectal cancer in British Columbia. Competing interests None declared. This ... local recurrence in patients treated for rectal cancer in British Columbia. The Colorectal Sur­gical Tumour Group of ... Clinical Articles Revisiting rectal cancer management in British Columbia ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lauren MacDonald, BScH, MSc, December 2010
In British Columbia there are ap­proximately 3000 patients aged ... Currently there is no formal program for long-term care of British Columbians who have survived cancer in childhood or ... registry would contribute to the health and well-being of British Columbians who have received cancer treatment as ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, December 2010
In 2010 British Columbia had an ex­ceptional forest fire season. The ... 2 ] and other respiratory complaints.[ 3 ] This summer, British Columbia was smoky enough to observe these effects. ... indoor air becomes smoky.  Forest fires are the norm in British Columbia, and we can anticipate that they will ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Wilma Arruda, MD, December 2010
... some facts about the state of children’s development in British Columbia: • “Today only 71% of BC children ... capital investments, and as a result the Government of British Columbia’s 2009 Strategic Plan committed to ... screening questionnaires.[ 6 ]  As a pediatrician in British Col­umbia, I only encounter those children who have ...
Interviews December 2010
... After completing his medical degree at the University of British Columbia in 1978, Dr Wilson became a certificant of ... a clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches medical students, family ... in ante­partum outpatient care at the University of British Columbia.  A champion of health promotion, Dr Wilson ...
MDs To Be / BY: Kristin DeGirolamo, Pharm MD December 2010
... and Learning Enhancement Fund at the University of British Columbia. MDs To Be Lights, Camera, Surgery: Take 2 ...
News December 2010
... or nonsalaried service contract income? It’s true. British Columbia is the only province in Canada that has such ...
News December 2010
... actually arise in the fallopian tube, not the ovary. The British Columbia data were published in 2009 in the ... Re­search Program, and assistant professor, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine. News Ovarian cancer ...