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Physician Spotlight / BY: Martha J. Ignaszewski, March 2013
... and commented on social issues rampant during wartime.[ 4 ] Developing a unique social and pedagogical program ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Rajala MD, FRCPC, April 2013
... plaque formation are seen even in childhood,[ 4 ] with as many as 1 in 6 teenagers exhibiting early ... METs is equivalent to moderate activity such as walking at 4.8 km per hour (3 miles per hour) or cycling on flat ground. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tyler W. Smith, MD, MHSc, FRCPC April 2013
... antithrombin deficiencies remaining of uncertain value.[ 4-7 ]  More importantly, studies have yet to show any ... (9 or 10 of 11 respondents) for only 27% of the scenarios (4 of 15), partial agreement (8 of 11 respondents) for 40% of ... 1 , VGH received 7928 orders for FVL testing during the 4-year study period, most of which were for outpatients ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Sandberg, RRT, April 2013
... with chronic obstruc­tive pulmonary disease (COPD),[ 1-4 ] and more trials are currently underway.[ 5 ] There is ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM April 2013
... previous­ly been observed in BC. This strain, nam­ed GII.4 Sydney (2012), was first identified in Sydney, Australia, ... and Denmark.[ 1 ] In BC, sequencing has revealed that GII.4 Sydney (2012) has replaced GII.4K New Or­leans as the ... for Disease Control Emergence of norovirus strain GII.4 Sydney (2012) in BC ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD April 2013
... Enteropathy (Celiac Disease). 2006. Accessed 4 March 2013. ... diet. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008;6:753. Accessed 4 March 2013. ... cohort study. Gastroenterology 2005;129:454. Accessed 4 March 2013. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16083702 . ... before testing for coeliac disease. Ac­cessed 4 March 2013. ...
Letters / BY: Peter Blair, MD, April 2013
After 30 years in practice and 4 years working at a high level of health administration, I ...
News April 2013
... Atlantic region.  The online survey was conducted from 4–18 January for the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare ...
News April 2013
... is fore­cast to go up 2.3% in 2013–14, rising by 2.4% and 2.7% in the next two years as part of a 3-year plan. ... are getting the same in­crease as forecast last year, 4.3% and 2.9% respectively for 2013–2014 and 2014–2015, ... years. Starting 1 January 2014, MSP premiums will increase 4%, meaning families of three or more will pay $138.50 per ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jiao Yang, MD, FRCPC, May 2013
... from ventricular ar­rhythmia or complete heart block.[ 4 ] As well as being more common among Japanese people and ... can be seen in 14% to 56% of patients with CS.[ 4 ] These include regional wall motion abnormalities, ... to 100% in detecting CS and a specificity of 39% to 91%.[ 4 ] The use of cardiac biomarkers such as brain natriuretic ...