News
November 2013
In 2012 about 8.1 million individuals (28% of Canadians aged 15 years and ... with bathing and dressing, were provided by fewer than 1 in 4 caregivers. However, two-thirds of those who performed ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Jeffrey Quon, DC, MHSc, PhD, FCCSC
November 2013
... spinal manipulation has received international recognition.1 Compared with many other conventional therapies, ... evident during the first 6 months after treatment. At the 1-year mark following treatment, study groups experienced ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: E.M.M. Wong, MD
December 2013
Case 1 data In January 2007, a 62-year-old male was involved in a ... found low levels of serum parathyroid hormone levels at 1.4 pmol/L (reference range 1.2 to 8.4 pmol/L), low serum total calcium (Ca) at 1.48 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM
December 2013
... and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma.[ 1 ] Standard noninvasive tests for the diagnosis of H. pylori ... while screening using UBT costs the province an estimated $1.2 million per year. An algorithmic approach using serology ... care cost savings. Repeat UBT tests performed within a 1-year period suggest treatment failure or reinfection. H. ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
December 2013
... 10% to 15% of conventional medicine is evidence based[ 1 ] has taken hold not only in public but also in medical ... the informal comments of OTA epidemiologist Kerr White.[ 1 ] Dr White was referring to a 1963 insurance study that ... appropriately targeted to the condition being treated.[ 1 ] It was in this study that prescriptions were found ...
Editorials /
BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD
December 2013
... takes 44 pages to attempt to provide adequate guidelines[ 1 ] and even after reading it, it’s still pretty ethereal ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Morgan Price, MD, PhD, CCFP,
December 2013
... and can decrease overall health care costs. On 1 April 2013 the BCMA and the provincial government announced ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Pretty Verma,
December 2013
... the education team at UBC as the course director for Year 1 Clinical Skills. She would move on to become assistant dean ...
News&Notes /
BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC
December 2013
... Canadians subscribed to a mobile phone service in 2012,[ 1 ] and that smart phone users in Canada increased from 33% ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP
December 2013
... among wildland firefighters. J Occup Environ Hyg 2004;1:590-606. WorkSafeBC Exposure hazards for wildland ...