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Clinical Articles / BY: Megan Isaac-Renton, BSc, July/August 2010
... endemic in Bri­tish Columbia and other parts of Canada.[ 1 , 2 ] There are various clinical presentations, and ... sample was found to be reactive, with a titre of 1:256. The patient was treated with a course of levofloxacin ... tula­remia were identified from 1991 to 2007 ( Figure 1 ), only 9 patients met the confirmed-case criteria and were ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG July/August 2010
... to feel safe This is an expansion of observation number 1. Patients who present with minor symptoms may be apologetic ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, July/August 2010
... lower priority patients faced wait times of 6 months to 1 year for an appointment, and even high-priority patients ...
News July/August 2010
... (30%), followed by non-reassuring fetal heart rate (19.1%). Canada’s cesarean delivery rate has increased ... ranged from 27.5% in the South Vancouver Island area to 16.1% in Kootenay Boundary. Assisted vaginal delivery rates ...
News / BY: Martin De Smet, MD, July/August 2010
... and diagnostics, malaria continues to kill almost 1 million people every year. In sub-Saharan Africa, malaria ... these tests, MSF successfully diagnosed and treated over 1 million malaria patients in 30 countries.  The systematic ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS July/August 2010
Effective 1 May 2010, all visitors to Cuba must be able to show proof ... (either the Standard or Core-Plus Plan) are cov­ered for $1 million of out-of-province travel insurance through Sun ... at  www.sunlife.ca/member . Alternatively, you can call 1 800 361-6212 to obtain a letter confirming coverage for ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, July/August 2010
Recent PITO articles[ 1 , 2 ] have focused on PITO’s emerging program to ex­pand ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: E. Lyle Gross, MD, July/August 2010
... Guidelines recommend removal from sports for at least 1 week while signs and symptoms of concussion continue, and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margot Davis, MD, September 2010
... engaging the interest of participants and physicians until 1 year into the study, when Dawber was recruited from his ... who were free of CHD at the time of initial examination.[ 1 ]  Participants were drawn from the predominantly white, ... are then used to assess disease risk for men ( Table 1  and  Table 2 ) and for women ( Table 3  and  Table 4 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erica Frank, MD, September 2010
... and consistently affect patients’ health habits.[ 1 ] Methods Described previously in more detail,[ 2 ] a ... of a nonresponder bias. Results As shown in  Table 1 , BC physicians were slightly more likely to be male, ... with Sandie Braid, director, Insurance Department, BCMA, 1 February 2010).  Given this situation, it is somewhat ...