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News May 2011
WorkSafeBC / BY: Susan Hynes, BA, MBA, May 2011
... are causally related to the occupation of firefighting:  1. Primary leukemia 2. Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma ... for each of the nine cancers is set out below:  1. 5 years for primary leukemia 2. 20 years for primary ... apply for WorkSafeBC benefits. Teleclaim may be reached at 1 888 WORKERS (1 888 967-5377) or #5377 for Telus, Rogers, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Doson Chua, PharmD, BCPS(AQ), June 2011
... are the ALLHAT, the CAPPP trial, and the UKPDS.[ 1-3 ]  The ALLHAT compared lisinopril with conventional ... in all-cause mortality and morbidity. Landmark trials (CCS-1, GISSI-3, and SMILE) all uniformly demonstrated a mortality ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2011
... Lyme disease through the bite of an infected tick.[ 1 ] The principal tick vector in BC is the Pacific ...  is generally absent north of N51° latitude ( Figure 1 ). There is concern that global warming could lead to ... annual incidence rate of Lyme disease in BC ranged from 0.1 to 0.3 per 100000 population, a rate similar to that of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Richard T. Lester, MD, June 2011
... cell phone subscriptions surpassed 5 billion worldwide.[ 1 ] Statistics Canada recently reported that western ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2011
... religious, cultural, and legal, missions.”[ 1 ]  The Canadian multicultural mo­saic presents challenges ... Science Probe series of textbooks in use in BC, pages 1 and 2 of every edition from grades 4 to 7 contain the ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD June 2011
... my secretary’s behalf. Seven medical office pet peeves 1. Rudeness. Be nice to the MOA/receptionist. She is just ... a policy that a new appointment must be confirmed within 1 week of the appointment date or it is canceled. This is not ... doctor’s office, we book the patient within the next 1 to 2 weeks. 4. Blaming mystery staff. We get a lot of ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brendan Abbott, June 2011
... referral resources accessed by a family practice. In just 1 year the number of users has grown to over 1000 as ... how to access CHARD, go to  www.info.chardbc.ca  or call 1 877 330-7322. —Brendan Abbott Manager, Business Solutions ...
MDs To Be / BY: Blair G. Fulton, MASc, June 2011
... of our time and are of great concern to most Canadians.[ 1 ]  In 2007 the General Council of the Canadian Medical ...
News / BY: Julie Kwan, BBA, CFP, CLU, GBA June 2011
... the value of their ability to earn income. For example, $1 million of life coverage for a physician earning $200 000 ...