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Back Page / BY: J.C.A. Morrant, MBBS, DObst, RCOG, DPM, FRCPC, October 2014
... worn by this painful and sometimes dangerous disease[ 1 ]--dangerous in that some sufferers end their lives, unable ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Linda M.N. Hoang, MSc, MD, DTM&H, FRCPC October 2014
... and Pakistan, while KPC originated in the United States.[ 1 ] Closer to home, approximately 200 CPO cases have been ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC October 2014
... levels of toxins than smoke from conventional cigarettes.[ 1 ] However, results of research are conflicting and ... received 14 e-cigarette liquid exposure calls between 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2014. Half of these calls involved ...
News / BY: Ian A. Cameron, MD, October 2014
... Peter Johnson. Victoria: Heritage House,  2013. ISBN 978-1-927527-31-3. Paperback, 312 pages. $22.95. Peter Johnson is ...
News&Notes / BY: Neil Pollock, MD, October 2014
... it is a fortune in a country where people live on $1 or $2 a day." Just 72 hours after contacting 50 friends and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFP, November 2014
... risk factor for increased morbidity and mortality,[ 1 ] especially among elderly people, who are more likely to ... care are prescribed an average of 9 medications (range 1 to 42) (personal communication by e-mail with C. ... for a response rate of 61.0%. One-third of respondents (32.1%) were female. The average number of years in practice ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Horkoff, MD, FRCSC November 2014
... below the level of the thyroid cartilage ( Figure 1 ). A barium swallow test confirmed that these osteophytes ... apnea secondary to hyperostosis of the cervical spine.[ 1-3 ] A retrospective study of 376 patients over age 60 who ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Raymond Li, BSc(Pharm), MSc November 2014
... tremor were seen with doses of bupropion up to 10 mg/kg.[ 1 ] A single patient in this dose range developed seizures. ... BC Drug and Poison Information Centre at 604 682-5050 or 1 800 567-8911. —Raymond Li, BSc(Pharm), MSc BC Drug and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD November 2014
... to brain cells as an alternative source to glucose.[ 1 ] In Alzheimer patients, it is suggested that there is a ... be referred to HealthLinkBC’s registered dietitians at 8-1-1. —Kathy Cadenhead, MD —Margo Sweeny, MD —Amanda Lau, ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD November 2014
... Life After Medicine—Roadmap to Retirement Happiness [ 1 ] describes the need to “re-tire” and find new ...