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News November 2012
... by 59.8% before inflation, and that the cost grew 1.6 times faster than the average income over the decade. By ...
News November 2012
... the almost 5 million seniors age 65 and older in Canada, 7.1% live in care facilities—nursing homes, chronic care, or ...
Obituaries / BY: Cliff Henderson, MD, November 2012
1925–2012 Jim died 1 April at Kelowna General Hospital with his loving family at ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alison Granger-Brown, MA, December 2012
... doctors, dentists, psychologists, and psychiatrists[ 1 , 2 ] The World Health Organization mandates that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert Strang MD, FRCPC December 2012
... attempts; and 94% report­ed feelings of hopelessness.[ 1 ]  When health services for corrections were taken over by ... are part of  the problem in several countries.[ 1 ]  A study completed jointly by the WHO Health in Prisons ... crimes, for which they serve relatively short sentences.[ 1 ] There is seldom a need for the high levels of prison ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP, MPH December 2012
In 2009 37 057[ 1 ] individuals were admitted to the correctional system in ... •    Children, family, and relationships. ( Figure 1 )[ 61 ]  During the October meeting, participants also ... to report difficulties finding housing (OR 6.51, 95% CI: 1.53-27.71), and less likely to report a desire for ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, December 2012
... communities at risk of fire or hazardous levels of smoke.[ 1 ] BCCDC Environmental Health Services (EHS) is developing ... rise rapidly during wildfire smoke events ( Figure 1 ). Our evidence (as yet un­pub­lished) shows that ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2012
... than the number of deaths in the First World War.[ 1 ]  There have been a number of flu pandemics since, the ...
Letters / BY: Janusz Kaczorowski, PhD, December 2012
... to accurately see if there is an inter-arm difference.[ 1 ]  As to the pharmacy measurement issue, the major ...
Letters / BY: Colin Campin, MB, December 2012
... pressure of 10 mm Hg or more and 9% of 15 mm Hg or more.[ 1 ] Are such differences of clinical significance? Clark and ...