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Letters / BY: Tim McDowell, MD, March 2011
... medicine practices for the treatment of chronic pain.[ 1 ]  I did first attempt to go the to the WorkSafeBC website ...
News / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD March 2011
... MD. Ottawa: Canadian Medical Association. ISBN 978-1-897490-09-0. 123 pages.  $24.95 for non-CMA members and ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD March 2011
... principles to promote fairness and a level playing field: 1.)  EQUITY OF ACCESS PRINCIPLE - The electorate and the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: S. Michele Dalgarno, MD, March 2011
... Over 4 weeks should be considered in the danger zone. By 1 month, many pa­tients begin to develop a disability ... return to work in a few days and recover completely in 1 month; pain­ful flares will occur, but pain, in and of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jack Teng, PhD, April 2011
... most frequently contracted zoono­ses in North America.[ 1 ] Human cases of these diseases (e.g., Lyme disease, ... sensu stricto , has a human incidence rate of less than 0.1/100000 in all of BC.[ 3 ] However, there is in­creasing ... ticks and deer mice Ticks were collected once a week from 1 April to 30 April 2008 and 1 April to 30 June 2009 at 11 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Kur, MD, FRCPC, ABIM April 2011
... positions in some specialties in British Columbia,[ 1 ] there have been few attempts to examine demographics and ... and 4% did not respond to the question ( Figure 1 ).  Rheumatologists were found to practise in ... the time indicated a rheumatologist to population ratio of 1 to 85000 and estimates for the year 2000 placed the ratio ...
Back Page April 2011
... the April issue crossword,  click here . Across     1   Credited with being the founder of ancient Egyptian ... idea (2 words)   39   Laughter sound   Down     1   Mischievous one     2   The earliest known ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM April 2011
... control purposes or as part of an outbreak investigation.[ 1 - 3 ]  An outbreak is defined as three or more cases of GI ... of 1000 ppm (20 mL household bleach diluted in 1 L of water). Alternatively, accelerated hydrogen peroxide, ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2011
... we are supposed to wonder about? Carefully constructing a 1-inch layer of Skippy smooth peanut butter without tearing ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS April 2011
... please contact Julie Kwan at 604 638-8745, toll free at 1 800 665-2262, or at  jkwan@bcma.bc.ca .  —Sandie Braid, ...