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Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie Wiese, MD, MA, FRCPC September 2011
... is the most common mental health problem in the elderly[ 1 ] and is associated with a significant burden of illness ... Suicide rates are high in the elderly, with an average of 1.3 suicides committed daily by Canadian seniors. According ... in a nursing home or other long-term care facility.[ 1 ] The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) is a well-validated ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jenny Rogers, MD, MSc, FRCPC, September 2011
... more than 5 drinks on one occasion at least once a month.[ 1 ]  Alcohol overuse has a significant impact on the health ... Four categories of alcohol use are described in  Table 1 .[ 18 ] Assessment tools Many screening instruments have ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stephen J. Kiraly, MD, FRCPC, September 2011
... will develop AD (70% of dementias) every 33 seconds.[ 1 ]  Closer to home, the Rising Tide study by the ... to exceed 35720 by 2038.  In 2008 dementia affected 1.6% of the BC population (68 910 cases), and is expected to ... pa­tients provided annually by families in 2008 was 33.1 million; by 2038 this is expected to rise to 118.8 million ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc September 2011
... spp. producing extended spectrum ß-lactamases (ESBL).[ 1 ] Antibiotic resistance is a natural biological phenomenon, ... of resistance caused by the New Delhi metallo-ß-lactamase 1 enzyme[ 2 ] highlight the risk if things get much worse. ... to children under 15 years of age. Among babies less than 1, there has been a 27% reduction. The rate per population of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Brian F. Russell, MD, September 2011
... homeostasis and bone metabolism has long been recognized.[ 1 ] However, mounting evidence suggests that vitamin D may ... resulting in the hormonally active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3), which is responsible for most if not all of the ...
Editorials / BY: Martha Lou Donnelly, MD, CCFP, FRCPC September 2011
... care planners to the “rising tide of dementia.”[ 1 ] The percentage of Canadians suffering from dementia is expected to increase from 1.5% in 2008 to 2.8% in 2038. Are we prepared?  Fortunately, ... concerns in geriatric psychiatry for the next decade. Part 1 focuses on how to protect and enhance cognitive function ...
Letters / BY: James McCormack, BSc(Pharm) PharmD September 2011
... guide, they rarely reflect patient values and preferences.1 Guideline surrogate marker breakpoints typically have not ... evidence, another thing guidelines minimally provide,[ 1 ] so they can engage patients in the concepts of ... we said “In atrial fibrillation with a CHADS2 score of 1, 2, or 3 treatment with an oral anticoagulant is ...
MDs To Be / BY: Katie Wiskar, MD, FRCPC September 2011
... 10 things I learned while working at the BCMA this summer. 1. Physicians, as a profession, are incredibly fortunate to ...
News September 2011
... doctors per capita in Canada has increased rapidly; from 2.1 per 1000 population in 2004 to 2.4 in 2009, but points out that this remains well below the OECD average of 3.1 physicians per 1000 population. This is despite a high ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, September 2011
... EMR, after the patient leaves the office it takes me about 1 minute. Using dictation/transcription software compatible ... agree that their unique “paper-to-EMR conversion in 1 day” approach is not for everyone, but for them the 3 ...