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Clinical Articles / BY: Ken Q. Little, MSc, March 2015
... rate of HPV in British Columbian women is between 12.2% and 16.8%.[ 2,3 ] In British Columbian men, the rate is likely ... agent in a number of other cancers. It is estimated that 5.2% of all cancers worldwide are associated with HPV ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM March 2015
... rates in 2013 were 18.5 and 20 per 100 000, respectively.[ 2 ] The US Centers for Disease Control estimates that the ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2015
... not coming back today and in fact I won’t be back for 2 weeks, so how about in the meantime you stop sending me ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Sandy Whitehouse, MD, March 2015
... pediatric care providers, a family physician from birth. 2.    Pediatric patients graduating from pediatric care ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Steve Martin, MD, CCFP, MScOH, FCBOM, DipSportMed March 2015
... undergo a physical examination and a series of tests every 2 years until age 40, and then annually after that. Closely ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amanzo A. Ho, BSc, April 2015
... preventable and treatable with effective early screening.[ 2 ] Current BC guidelines recommend average-risk patients ... undergo fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) every 1 to 2 years or a screening colonoscopy every 10 years. A positive ... Colonic and extracolonic findings ( Table 1  and  Table 2 ) were categorized according to the CT Colonography ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Patrick Tang, MD, PhD, April 2015
... show AFB, as well as, upon request, any other specimens.[ 2 ] The TB PCR result allows patients who are being ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jeffrey R. Brubacher, MD, April 2015
... younger than 30 years of age. Cocaine was positive in 2.8% of drivers and amphetamines in 1.2%. Medications including diphenhydramine (11%), ... than 50 years of age were more likely to use medications.[ 2 ]  Many drugs impair skills required for safe driving ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB April 2015
... is not only unethical but, in our view, also illegal.[ 1,2 ] —BD Editorials Ethics on trial ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2015
... announcement of our over-capacity protocol (OCP) levels 1, 2, and 3. The message is triggered by the number of occupied ... system at 9 a.m. Level 1 means the hospital is full, level 2 that it is more full, and level 3 that the hospital is ...