Physician Spotlight /
BY: Vera Frinton, MD
October 2013
... Faculty of Medicine. Linda would arrive in the hospital by 7:00 a.m. to visit her patients, to sit with them, reach out ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Andrew J. Coldman, PhD
November 2013
... do not return for further screening in the next 5 years.[ 7 ] Methods Using data from the Screening Mammography Program ...
News
November 2013
... by cardiovascular di-sease at 9%, and mental illness at 7%. The most common type of assistance provided was ...
News&Notes /
BY: W. James Corbett, MD,
November 2013
... with temperatures often reaching -45°F. On the evening of 7 November, Lil began to feel labor pains and asked Frank to ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: E.M.M. Wong, MD
December 2013
... low serum calcium at 1.64 mmol/L, elevated phosphate at 1.7 mmol/L, and low 24-hour urinary calcium excretion at 0.4 mmol (reference range 1.0 to 7.0 mmol). The patient’s dose of alfacalcidol was increased ... hypoparathyroidism, and is often detected incidentally.[ 7 , 8 ] As a result of calcification and hypocalcemia, ...
Back Page /
BY: Ralph Jones, MD
December 2013
... task was simple (if Herculean): throw out all files over 7 years old. Keep the kids’ charts, probably forever (I’m ...
News
December 2013
... hours per week at work than male physicians, down from 7 hours in 2004. The survey also shows a significant ...
News&Notes /
BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC
December 2013
... heart rate for cardiovascular fitness; and obtain at least 7 hours of quality sleep every night. Collecting data with ... ( www.ehealth.med.ubc.ca/resources/resourcesmobileapps ).[ 7 ] The vision behind the project is threefold: • To ...
Obituaries /
BY: Daniel K.C. Wong, MD
December 2013
1949–2013 Clarence left us suddenly on 7 October. He left a huge void in the hearts of his family, ...