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Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM July/August 2013
... concurrent illnesses, and bur­densome interventions (40.7%) in­clud­ing parenteral therapy, hospitalization, tube ... 6-month mortality for patients who had pneumonia was 46.7%, febrile episode was 44.5%, and eating problems was 38.6%. ... their will, consider end-of-life advanced directives,[ 7 ] and communicate with their family practitioner, friends, ...
News July/August 2013
... governments have failed to deliver their promise of 24/7 access to primary health care services, citing the lack of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sophia Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2013
... of these individuals have thus far been identified.[ 6 , 7 ]  The prevalence of hFH is between 1 in 300 and 1 in 500 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2013
... annual Be Active Every Day initiative will launch on 7 October. During this month-long program, physicians visit ...
News September 2013
... send out clinical reports to copied physicians went from 7 days to 2 days, and the time for finalized clinical reports to be entered went from 7 days to 1 day. HEARTis has been implemented at Royal ...
News / BY: Jennifer J. Telford, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CAGF, FACG September 2013
... diagnosed with invasive colorectal cancer found that only 7% of respondents had been identified through screening.[ 6 ] ... and there are no dietary or medication restrictions.[ 7 ] Colorectal cancer screening within a population-based ... screening in clinical trials does not manifest until 7 years later.[ 4 , 8 ]  Screening is not appropriate in ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Gordon Hoag, MD September 2013
... enables one full-time equivalent psychiatrist to assess 6.7 times as many new patients and conduct 553 more follow-up ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Zamil Karim, MD, FRCPC, October 2013
... used in combination with other immunosuppressant agents.[ 7 ] Concomitant use of steroids with other immunosuppressant ... agents is also associated with increased mortality.[ 7 ] Other important concerns include cosmetic and ...
News October 2013
... as well as 10% of long-term care residents and 7% of home care patients. According to CIHI, patients with ...
Obituaries / BY: Archie D. Young, MD, October 2013
... active in the BCMA, serving as the delegate for District 7. Being chairman of the Medical Economics Committee (now ...