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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Michael A Benusic, UBC Medical Class of 2014, June 2014
... of potential health effects be included in all EIAs.[ 4 ] The Ministry of Health one-upped this recommendation by ... will not be quick and interest must last longer than a 4-year political cycle. With projects massive in both scale ...
Obituaries / BY: Paul Zickler, MD, June 2014
... 2014 after having battled multiple myeloma for more than 4 years. His life was celebrated at a heartwarming ceremony ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jessica A. Otte, MD, CCFP, July/August 2014
... incidentally with antibiotic treatment for pneumonia.[ 4 ] Case data A 58-year-old Caucasian male presented to the ... fever, night sweats, myalgia, and shortness of breath for 4 weeks while traveling in Arizona. The patient’s family ... rash on his trunk that appeared and vanished 3 to 4 weeks before he presented to the emergency department. He ...
Clinical Articles / BY: A. Daniel Malebranche, MSc, MD, July/August 2014
... reported, most cases are congenital and occur in about 4 of 10 000 live births.[ 1-3 ] Diagnosis is most often made ... blood flow leading to underdevelopment of the aortic arch[ 4 ] and (b) migration of ductal tissue into the wall of the ... is diminished and equal to the femoral pulse. In the 3% to 4% of cases where the right and left subclavian arteries ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP July/August 2014
... a person with needs and hopes that might mirror our own. 4.    Reluctance to allow a complication (in this ... infection is the most common sequel of advanced dementia[ 4 ] and a likely cause of death for this woman. 5.    The ...
MDs To Be / BY: Sean McGee, BSc (Hons), July/August 2014
... care system and public access to medical services.”[ 4 ] Further, although  NEJM  is an American publication, it ...
Obituaries / BY: John Blatherwick, MD, July/August 2014
... on to be acting MHO for the East Kootenay Health Unit for 4 months and later MHO in the Central Vancouver Island Health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Anna R. Hayden, BASc, MD, September 2014
... of Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, BC, with a 4-week history of behavior disturbance. Before presentation ... predominantly HIV-positive, individuals.[ 1,3,4 ]  C. gattii  is believed to be more virulent and lead to ... similarly, but cryptococcomas are not often observed.[ 4,5 ] In addition to neurological abnormalities and clinical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James G. Huang, MD, PGDipSurgAnat, FRACS, September 2014
... validation. 3.    Retrospective longitudinal studies. 4.    Prospective screening studies. 5.    Randomized ... DRE has been shown to raise total PSA levels by 0.26 to 0.4 ng/mL, primarily as a result of elevated free PSA; ... to be more stable, with only modest elevations after DRE.[ 4 ] Ornstein and colleagues showed that at least 24 hours are ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH September 2014
... about the disease, and vaccine hesitancy in general.[ 4 ] A large body of evidence has been accumulated that ... of parental decisions to immunize their daughters.[ 4 ] A discussion about the importance of this ...