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Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2014
...  assistant editor Joanne Jablkowski spoke with Dr Cavers 1 month into his presidency about his interests, experiences, ... but I want to do it. My term as president is only 1 year, and when I finish my term I go back to my day job. ...
MDs To Be / BY: Ahmad Al-Sarraf, MD, FRCPC, September 2014
... and loss of independence in performing daily activities.[ 1 ] It is anticipated that visual impairment is more ...
News / BY: Shannon Waters, MD, September 2014
... compared to every 5 years for the general population.[ 1,2 ] Aboriginal people are included in “populations with a ...
News September 2014
... found at www.return-it.ca/electronics/products , or call 1 800 330-9767. The Return-It Electronics program is a ...
Obituaries / BY: Jane Cowan, PhD, September 2014
... night calls from all across the Lower Mainland, working 1 day a week at Shaughnessy to operate on wounded veterans, ...
Obituaries / BY: Gordon Olsen, MD September 2014
... 1951 the McLarens moved to Canada, where Bill completed a 1-year residency in thoracic surgery at Vancouver General ...
Premise / BY: Granger Avery, MD September 2014
... good outcomes. Examples are cardiac and thoracic surgery.[ 1,2 ] For procedures that are performed in rural BC, there is ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Karen Takai, MSc September 2014
On 1 June of this year, WorkSafeBC launched a new contract for ... treatment--in the form of blocks--through assessment (1 week), treatment (6 weeks), and extension (4 weeks). ... longer treatment blocks and resources through assessment (1 week), treatment (8 weeks), and two possible extensions (4 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Murray Trusler, MD, MBA, FCFP, FRRMS, October 2014
... in Canada are RE-LY (dabigatran 110 mg and 150 mg),[ 1 ] Rocket-AF (rivaroxaban),[ 2 ] Aristotle (apixaban),[ 3 ] ... first at ischemic strokes and TTR in the RE-LY trial.[ 1 ] The study's mean TTR was 64%. At this TTR, subjects ... with a mean TTR of 68%, had a hemorrhagic stroke rate of 0.1% in the warfarin control arm. ENGAGE, a trial comparing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mariana Brussoni, PhD, October 2014
... injury and mortality rates for older male motorcyclists.[ 1-3 ] Although Canadian statistics are not as readily ... increase not found among women or younger men ( Figure 1 ). In 2001, the hospitalization rate for older males was ... rate for males age 20 to 44 years dropped from 50.0 to 39.1 per 100 000 during the same time (average annual rate ...