Physician Spotlight /
BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC
November 2010
... of its liberation by Canadian Armed Forces on 5 May 1945 from Nazi Germany. These celebrations were ... dialyzed with the rotating drum, 12 of whom survived.[ 5 , 6 ] In 1956 Dr Henry left to work in Prince George and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: P. Terry Phang, MD
December 2010
... local recurrence from colon cancer is estimated at 5% to 10%. Factors contributing to a higher rate of local ... to 11% from 27% after follow-up for a minimum of 5 years.[ 3 ] The combination of short-course preoperative ... adjuvant postoperative chemotherapy for Stage 3 cancers.[ 5 ] Step 3: Education program To implement the new ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Lauren MacDonald, BScH, MSc,
December 2010
... and social consequences of their cancer experience.[ 1-5 ] Many of these survivors are unaware of the specific ... neoplasms among a population-based cohort of 2322 5-year survivors diagnosed in BC before 20 years of age; 15 ... over the normal population was 1.3% at 15 years, 2.5% at 20 years, and 4% at 25 years. The most common second ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Catherine Elliott, MD,
December 2010
... of pollutants including fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and many toxic compounds.[ 1 ] Exposure to forest fire ... New Westminster, Burnaby, and Coquitlam, even though PM 2.5 reached only 17.6 ug/m3 ( Figure 2 ). Although the ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Wilma Arruda, MD,
December 2010
... of kindergarten children were vulnerable, up from 28.5% in 2008/9.[ 2 ] • “Unnecessary early vulnerability in ... its infants and preschoolers for proper citizenship.”[ 5 ] A century later our own government acknowledges and has ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Kristin DeGirolamo, Pharm MD
December 2010
... film the procedures, edit, narrate, and finally produce 5- to 7-minute instructional videos. Once produced, these ...
News
December 2010
... BC has increased spending on screening mammography by $5.48 million and almost doubled the overall budget for the Screening Mammography Program since 2001 to $23.5 million. Although BC has the lowest incidence of breast ...
News&Notes /
BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD,
December 2010
... of 5183 deaths by the Royal Navy in 1810[ 1 ] revealed 81.5% were ascribed to these causes whereas only 8.3% were ... curative powers of fresh citrus fruits against scurvy.[ 5 ] However, it was Dr Gilbert Blane who finally convinced ...