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President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD January/February 2013
... due to expire 31 March 2016, covered just the first 2 years of compensation, leaving the last 2 years to be negotiated.  We want to hear from you Before ... and attempt to reach an agreement on the issues. Phase 2:  If we have not reached an agreement by the end of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janet Kushner Kow, MD, MEd, FRCPC, March 2013
... with UI have been estimated at $5 billion per year.[ 2 ] Incontinence contributes to skin diseases, infections, ... second P in DISAPPEAR—is provided in  Table 2 .  When assessing a residential care patient for transient ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jean-François Kozak, PhD, March 2013
... of the population today to almost 24% by the year 2031.[ 2 ] Although many seniors lead healthy and active lives, a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP March 2013
... adult population than in the general population.[ 1 , 2 ] Research suggests that pain-related disability may be due ... with daily activities increases incrementally with age.[ 2 ] With 32% of seniors aged 85 and older living in ... however, does not recommend the use of either COX-2 selective or nonselective NSAIDs because of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Natalie Drouillard, MD, March 2013
... behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).[ 2 ] These include agitation, psychosis, and mood disorders.[ ... manic states, sleep/wake cycle, and apathy over a 2-week period to provide the interdisciplinary care team with ... meta-analysis that showed the NNH was 71, with a 2.2% occurrence of cerebrovascular events in the study ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gary Mazowita, MD, March 2013
... have ranged from 14.5% to 26.0% in Canada and elsewhere.[ 2 , 3 ] Moreover, Aboriginal, South Asian, and Asian ... diabetic adults in the long-term care (LTC) sector,[ 6 , 2 ] findings that raise two central questions: Are physicians ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM March 2013
... remain uninvolved in disaster and emergency management,[ 2 ] which may be attributed to the lack of disaster and ...
Letters / BY: Shahzad Anwar, March 2013
... medicines being sold without prescriptions over the web,[ 2 ] cyberchondriacs can create immense danger to their health ...
News March 2013
... Columbia places fifth among the provinces: 1. Quebec 2. Ontario 3. New Brunswick 4. Nova Scotia 5. British ...
News March 2013
... payments ($5.5 billion), with Ontario accounting for $2.7 billion and Quebec almost $1 billion. CIHI said over half ...