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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, December 2012
... occurred over the past decade, with tens of thousands of people evacuated from communities at risk of fire or ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2012
... in our charge. The 1918 flu epidemic killed 50 million people worldwide—more than the number of deaths in the ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB December 2012
... Not much in the way of Christmas decorations outside people’s homes. Being Jewish, the first time I saw ... patients feel more de­pressed over the holidays. A lot of people feel stressed by the pressure to spend money on gifts, ...
Letters / BY: Colin Campin, MB, December 2012
... difference is relatively common. In a study of 230 people re­ceiving treatment for hypertension in primary care, Clark and colleagues found that 24% of people being treated for hypertension had a mean inter-arm ...
News December 2012
... CF lung disease, a major cause of illness and death for people with CF. The discovery was made by a group of ... findings in a larger number of lung cell samples from people with CF. The study can be viewed at www.jimmunol.org . ...
News December 2012
... substantially increased to finance health care for older people. Authors predict that a tax revolt will threaten the ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD December 2012
... Christmas, we settle down to open presents. Like most people, I love the giving aspect of Christmas—the look on ... family fabric, bringing us together even when our favorite people move far away and at some point begin their own ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD December 2012
... 18th century, the society promoted the rescue of drowning people, and paid 4 guineas (about $160 today) to anyone who ... or smoldered as “bum cigars.” American First Nations people used tobacco as a medicine and pioneered the use of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS January/February 2012
... number of general surgeons in Canada is 5.0 per 100 000 people.[ 1 ] In BC we currently have 4.0 general surgeons for every 100 000 people and the number has been as low as 3.3 in 2002.[ 1 ] The United States has 7.1 general surgeons per 100 000 people, which is much closer to the ideal number needed to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS March 2012
... future over the next 25 to 30 years as the number of people in this age group is projected to increase to 24% by ...
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