Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC
May 2011
... of 100% RF absorbed by tissue) was 3.09 to 4.61 W/kg.[ 7 ] Exposures related to Wi-Fi are much lower. For a child ...
Editorials /
BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD
May 2011
... have left. Naturally, physicians cannot be on-call 24/7, and no one would argue that alternate arrangements for ...
Letters /
BY: Andrew Seal, MS, FRCSC,
May 2011
... “Unprofessional professionals” ( BCMJ 2011;53:6-7 ). Dr Day described in his editorial an unfortunate ...
News&Notes
May 2011
... facility that made up the Polyclinic. Despite having 24/7 access to innovative equipment and outstanding radiology ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Susan Hynes, BA, MBA,
May 2011
... 5. Primary colorectal cancer 6. Primary kidney cancer 7. Primary lung cancer 8. Primary testicular cancer ... cancer 6. 20 years for primary site kidney cancer 7. 15 years for primary site lung cancer 8. 20 years for ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Doson Chua, PharmD, BCPS(AQ),
June 2011
... Joint National Committee hypertension guidelines (JNC 7 report) as well as by the 2010 Canadian Hypertension ... consistently showed significant reduction in mortality.[ 6,7 ] More recent trials (the AIRE and TRACE studies) have ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC
June 2011
... potential for increased exposure to infected ticks in BC.[ 7 ] Our models indicate a modest geographic range expansion ... and most were between 41 and 70 years of age (mean age 43.7 years, range 3.5–80.6). One-third of patients acquired ... appearance. Erythema migrans typically occurs 7 to 14 days after infection (range 3 to 30 days), and in ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
May 2011
... use in BC, pages 1 and 2 of every edition from grades 4 to 7 contain the following statement about “expanding the ...
Editorials /
BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD
June 2011
... seen then and there. The office is already fully booked. 7. Unrealistic expectations. Please don’t complain about ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Blair G. Fulton, MASc,
June 2011
... risk of lung cancer and cardiopulmonary mortality,[ 7 ] and mortality from cardiopulmonary illness has been ...