Clinical Articles /
BY: Darcy Cox, PsyD, RPsych, ABPP,
October 2011
... patients with dementia are living in British Columbia.[ 2 ] As the population ages, the need for accurate diagnosis ... are psychologists who have usually completed a 2-year fellowship to obtain further training in neuroanatomy, ... evaluation for a patient with dementia will last 2 or 3 hours, depending on the patient’s tolerance, and ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD
October 2011
... is better absorbed than iron from non-meat sources. 2. Is there a danger of infection using powdered infant ... do not need supplements. The majority of individuals over 2 years of age, at most stages of life, can meet their ...
Editorials /
BY: Martha Lou Donnelly, MD, CCFP, FRCPC
October 2011
... the work outlined by the Dementia Education Strategy.[ 2 ] In order to care for frail seniors with cognitive ... Guest editorial: Geriatric Psychiatry 2011, Part 2: Addressing cognitive problems ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Clay Barber,
October 2011
... he hasn’t had a COPD patient admitted to hospital for 2 years for an exacerbation or flare-up. “I have been ...
Letters /
BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC
October 2011
... internationally for research into tick-borne illness.[ 2 ] BCCDC continues to follow the evidence and accepted best ...
Letters /
BY: Sheri Souch,
October 2011
... been missed if changes to testing had not occurred.[ 1 , 2 ] Even current Canadian studies are finding novel strains ... are not conducive to Ixodes ticks. He had less than 2% of the ticks he did find tested. Considering that ...
News
October 2011
... volume of weak ones dropped slightly by 4.4% (12.7 to 12.2 DDD/1000 people). The study can be viewed online at ...
News /
BY: Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC
October 2011
... filtered, or UV treated, boil for at least 1 minute (2 minutes at elevations >2000m). • Filters . Filters used ...
Premise /
BY: Stuart Kreisman, MD
October 2011
... total deaths from secondhand smoke worldwide at 600000.[ 2 ] Given recent and ongoing trends toward urban ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Charlene Kotze, MD,
October 2011
... is 75 times higher than for chest radiography.[ 2 ] Learning that imaging showed an abnormality in the spine ...