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, ...