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Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2010
... Abstract at:  http://jpc.sagepub.com/content/1/2/119.abstract ].  The BC pilot studies will demonstrate ...
News September 2010
... of the Board  Alan Gow  allangow@telus.net   District #1  William Cavers  wcavers@shaw.ca   District #1  Robin Saunders  rd.saunders@shaw.ca   District #1  Carole Williams  dr_carole@shaw.ca   District #2  ...
News September 2010
... in British Columbia.  Only one award will be made in any 1 year and there shall be no obligation on the fund to make ... be obtained from  www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/1368/la_id/1.htm  (select “About CMA” and “Awards from CMA”).  ...
News September 2010
News September 2010
... patients.  Physicians can phone 604 696-2131 or toll free 1 877 696-2131 and provide information regarding a ...
WorkSafeBC September 2010
... medical advisors and nurse advisors   Contact list 1 WorkSafeBC medical advisors and nurse advisors   Contact ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Manal Hasan, MBBS, MD, October 2010
... discordance be­tween X-ray findings and symptoms of OA.[ 1 ] OA accounts for 25% of visits to primary care physicians, ... again highlighting the role of mechanics in OA ( Figure 1 ).  However, there are different patterns of OA of the ... OA has been classified as primary or secondary ( Table 1 ).[ 9 ] Primary OA denotes generalized or erosive OA with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Hawkeswood, MD, October 2010
... a highly prev­alent cause of pain and disability,[ 1 ] along with data published from 1945 to January 2006.[ 2 ] ... of routine exercise in the osteo­arthritis population: (1) failure on the part of medical practitioners to properly ... demonstrated improved pain scores and walking tolerance at 1 year, particularly in the medial compartment OA group.[ 22 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stephen Kennedy, MD, October 2010
... in arthritic joints and reduces pain and inflammation.[ 1 ]  Evidence for the proposed mechanism is insufficient in ... terms of pain relief and even radiographic progression.[ 1 ]  Evidence for a positive effect is controversial, ... with several studies showing no benefit over pla­cebo.[ 1 , 2 ] The Osteoarthritis Research Society International ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) October 2010
... so-called natural remedies awaiting pre-market review[ 1 ] have not gone unheeded by Health Canada.  In a move ... Canada now says it will not be enforcing the now-passed 1 April 2010 deadline. The agency states that about 60% of ...