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Clinical Articles / BY: Jon Slater, MD, FRCPC, MBA, January/February 2014
... as a problem. In the United Kingdom, the Shipman inquiry[ 4 ] was especially critical of the processes in place to ... Development required 22 hours of face-to-face meetings, 4 hours of teleconferencing, and additional time for research ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Malcolm Brigden, MDCM, FRCPC, FACP, January/February 2014
... protein (M-protein) is found in approximately 3% to 4% of those over age 50, 5% over age 65, and almost 10% of those 85 or older.[ 1-4 ] When considered as a group, patients with monoclonal ... can occur in a wide variety of clinical situations.[ 1-4 ] Initially, monoclonal gammopathy may be discovered: ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Karen Rideout, PhD, January/February 2014
... and early childhood periods impact health throughout life[ 4,5 ] and into future generations.[ 4,6 ] Children experiencing food insecurity have poorer ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM January/February 2014
... with dementia. This number is expected to quadruple to 1.4 million by 2031, according to the Alzheimer Society of ... stress can lead to physical and emotional illness[ 4 ] and burnout, as well as hospitalization and ...
Letters / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM January/February 2014
... because 1 mL Methadose is a lethal dose in children.[ 4 ] The risk of unintentional adult overdoses during the ...
Letters / BY: Derryck H. Smith, MD, FRCPC January/February 2014
... as they begged to be allowed to die.” [Dr Terwiel died 4 January 2014; see the article on  page 36 . —ED] It is ...
Letters / BY: Jeffrey Quon, DC, MHSc, PhD, FCCSC January/February 2014
... compared with chiropractic care for acute low back pain.[ 4 ] Finally, regarding the reference to a quote from ...
MDs To Be / BY: Greg Costello, MD January/February 2014
... the spirit of the class that would head to Kelowna in 4 months’ time was born.  We successfully held events as the SMP during our first 4 months of medical school, but after that brief initial ...
News&Notes / BY: Michal Smialowski, MD, January/February 2014
... for regular ground crews from Williams Lake can be 3 to 4 hours or more. There are ambulance stations in Alexis Creek ... goes quickly because I’m busy. The trip home is often at 4 a.m. and, for me, the 3-hour trip drags on because I ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Joe Pinto, January/February 2014
... as required. Decisions on these types of cases are made in 4 to 6 weeks, but can take longer if a detailed investigation ...