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News&Notes / BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC, June 2012
... incidence of T1D increased by 48% between 1992 and 2002.[ 2 ] In British Columbia in 2004, the prevalence of T1D was ... “physically disabled, chronic health impaired” (Level 2 D),[ 25 ] these children do not always receive the ... to be trained to administer insulin and glucagon, and (2) requires the NSS to hire or train nurses who are certified ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2012
... to the public, health authorities,[ 1 ] and to academia[ 2 ] under the guise of wellness and prevention initiatives. ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Hal D. Gunn, MD, June 2012
... in cancer mortality in patients with colon cancer.[ 2 , 3 ] •    In a large-scale randomized control trial, ... environment. The Samueli Institute recently received a $2.2 million research grant to study InspireHealth’s programs ...
Premise / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP June 2012
... to determine using a model pioneered at Johns Hopkins,[ 2 ] whereby patients are categorized according to adjusted ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, June 2012
... packages (up 5 percentage points), insurance packages (up 2 percentage points), representation to government (up 2 percentage points), negotiations (up 1 percentage point), and Club MD (up 2 percentage points). We’re very glad these numbers are ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Brad Fritz, MD June 2012
... Professional golf (but I wanted to be a doctor from age 2). Which talent would you most like to have? To be a better ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gibong Lee, BSc(Pharm), MD, July/August 2012
Case data A 48-year-old female presented with a 2-day history of severe pain. Examination revealed redness ... in the anterior tibial area were also noted ( Figure 2 ).  Her history included multiple previous admissions over ... of ANCA (myeloperoxidase of 39.3 and proteinase 3 of 30.2) with atypical peri­nuclear pattern, ANA of 1:80, normal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Philippa Hawley, FRCPC July/August 2012
... is usually helpful, sometimes dramatically so.[ 1 , 2 ]  Metha­done solution is also extremely cheap, ... lack of active metabolites, and safety in renal failure.[ 2 ] In addition, less constipation has been reported with ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM July/August 2012
... with an estimated annual incidence of 12 million cases.[ 2 ] In British Columbia, syphilis infection rates are higher ... symptoms mimicking many other diseases may appear about 2 to 6 weeks later. The second stage (also known as secondary syphilis), if untreated, resolves within 2 to 6 weeks or the infection could go on to the third stage ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP July/August 2012
... treatment at the hospital and dies the next day. Case 2: A 94-year-old woman A 94-year-old woman, living in a ... that there is such a thing as the quality of dying[ 2 ] then there are adverse outcomes that can be defined by ...