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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David Roth, MSc, October 2012
... BC accepted the third most immigrants of any province,[ 2 ] many of whom emigrated from high-burden regions, such as ... as HIV infection, diabetes, and renal failure (see  Table 2 ). While additional work is needed to better understand the ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD October 2012
... in many areas I had become unconsciously dys­competent.[ 2 , 3 ] In other words, I did not know how much I did not ...
Letters / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB October 2012
... last but not least, a $50 increase in annual dues (BD 1-2). The full resolutions can be view­ed at cma.ca by ...
MDs To Be / BY: Katie Wiskar, MD, FRCPC October 2012
... to address the health care needs of their members.[ 2 ] Further­more, we are recognizing that the health of ... such as nutrition, exercise, smoking, and alcohol use.[ 2 , 6 ] Physicians who eat a healthy diet themselves are more ... at inciting positive behavioral changes in patients.[ 2 ] Because of this link, it would be ex­tremely valuable to ...
Premise / BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med, October 2012
... statistic. Breast cancer risk is decade of age dependent[ 2 ] and only those women living to 90 years have a 1 in 9 chance of the disease;[ 2 ] the highest cause of death after 85 years remains ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David Florkowski, PhD, MEd, ATC, CSCS, CEAS, CFCE, October 2012
... limited to 8 weeks or 22 visits. Physiotherapy for stream 2:  Coverage is provided for more complex injuries, such as ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alan T. Bates, MD, PhD November 2012
... also promotes norepinephrine and epine­phrine release.[ 2 ] The immediate CNS stimulant effects of ephedrine result ... psychiatric disturbances had taken ephed­ra for over 2 months (59%).[ 8 ] Although ephedrine-induced psychosis is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sol Gregory, MD, November 2012
... intravascular volume to improve early survival.[ 1 , 2 ] In a retrospective analysis of major burn trauma, Baxter ... Burn Association now specify a resuscitation formula of 2 to 4 mL/kg/%TBSA burned for the first 24 hours, with the ... from outside the Lower Mainland after time had elapsed (2 to 26 hours).  •    Health personnel estimates of the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD November 2012
... Bray GA, et al. Sugar-sweetened beverages, obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease risk. ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD November 2012
... a physician in the British Army there. I left when I was 2 years old, too young to remember anything about it, but I ...