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Clinical Articles / BY: Kathleen Eddy, BSc, January/February 2013
... are inappropriate is not supported by published data.[ 2-7 ] One Canadian prospective study of ultrasound, CT, and MRI ... Medical Journal  article focused on radiation exposure.[ 7 ] The references the Italian researcher uses are two ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rana S. A. Khan, MBBS, January/February 2013
... in duration of hospital stay. The 2006 UK NICE review[ 7 ] confirmed findings about operating time and hospital ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Debra A. Kent, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT January/February 2013
... taking five or more prescription medications rose from 7% to 11%.[ 2 ] This trend of increased pediatric ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP January/February 2013
... to encourage kids to be active. Studies show that only 7% of youth currently meet the target of 60 minutes of daily ...
MDs To Be / BY: Laura Budd, BMSc, January/February 2013
... both quantitative and qualitative communication barriers.[ 7 , 8 ] Social media has the potential to help alleviate ...
News January/February 2013
Patients in Canada face a median wait of 17.7 weeks for surgical and other therapeutic treatments, down ... 1993 to 14 weeks in 1999. This year’s median wait of 17.7 weeks is 91% longer than in 1993.  The Waiting Your Turn ... at www.fraserinstitute.org . News Average surgical wait 17.7 weeks in Canada ...
News January/February 2013
The Canadian health care system was facing a $537.7 billion shortfall at the end of 2010, an amount equal to ... medicare’s unfunded liability increased by 2.1% to $537.7 billion in 2010 from $526.7 billion in 2006. The report can be viewed at ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janet Kushner Kow, MD, MEd, FRCPC, March 2013
... strategies such as those outlined by Palmer,[ 7 ] including staff education and a focus on resident comfort ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jean-François Kozak, PhD, March 2013
... age group in the province and are expected to grow from 13.7% of the population today to almost 24% by the year 2031.[ 2 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP March 2013
... aged 85 and older living in residential care facilities,[ 7 ] and up to one-third of deaths in BC occurring in ...