News
January/February 2010
... week, based on eligible income, and is payable for up to 17 weeks. Under the Parental Leave Program the weekly benefit ... the practice of medicine in British Columbia for at least 17 weeks no later than 52 weeks after their child’s date of ...
President's Comment /
BY: Brian Brodie, MD
January/February 2010
... Whistler. For this little corner of the world, where for 17 days during the Olympic Games and 10 days during the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC
March 2010
... Prostate Brachytherapy Program has been responsible for 17 peer-reviewed papers and 34 abstracts, numerous oral ... the temporary urinary retention rate decreased from 17% in the first 2 years of the program to 6% in subsequent ... depend on the skills and experience of the surgeon.[ 16,17 ] The complications of greatest concern to patients are ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM
April 2010
... trial done in the United States. The study was done at 17 VA medical centres and involved 523 patients. It was the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: S.E. Lord, MD,
April 2010
... ] incomplete sidewalks and high crosswalk density,[ 16 , 17 ] higher proportion of multifamily residences, more ... of locations that identify different types of crashes.[ 17 ] GIS has great analytical potential for public health ... been fully exploited in the study of pedestrian trauma.[ 17 ] Further applications would allow accurate measures of ...
News&Notes /
BY: Eugene Leduc, MD
April 2010
... This grassroots nonprofit society was established 17 years ago by a small group of Victoria doctors in ...
Obituaries /
BY: W. James Corbett, MD,
April 2010
... grandson Damon died in a tragic accident at the age of 17. George served a term as chief of staff at Lions Gate ...
Obituaries /
BY: Dianne Pink
April 2010
1916–2010 Jack Baldwin was born 17 May 1916. He graduated from Mount Allison University in ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David N. Landsberg, MD,
May 2010
... can be reliably distinguished by pancreas biopsy.[ 17 ] For patients with type 1 diabetes and end-stage renal ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mazhar Haque, MBBS, FRACP,
May 2010
... the use of higher doses and multiple courses of vaccine.[ 17 ] Alcoholic liver disease Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is ... rate of primary disease is also higher—at least 17%.[ 27 ] Primary biliary cirrhosis PBC is one of the most ...