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Clinical Articles / BY: Sylvia Stockler-Ipsiroglu, MD, PhD, MBA, FRCPC, November 2015
... ID requires considering current diagnostic guidelines,[ 7-9 ] which recommend investigations such as vision and ... of respondents were from the Lower Mainland (8/13; 66.7%), followed by Vancouver Island (3/13; 23.1%), and the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Vu, MD, FRCPC, November 2015
... Staff members continue to serve on standby 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year for emergency disaster ...
Beyond Medicine November 2015
... use of antibiotics, and, potentially, mortality.[ 3-7 ] Oseltamivir is an oral antiviral drug that is rapidly ... oseltamivir may reduce ICU admissions and mortality.[ 6,7 ] Current data do not suggest any increased risk to the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP December 2015
... by all major primary care physician associations.[ 7 ] In 2001, the Fort Family Practice, a full-service ... from a physician not assigned to them dropped to 18.7% in 2008, and then returned to the more customary level of ... 0.1%, respectively, after previously steady levels of 15.7% in 2004 and 17.3% in 2006. From 2010 services rendered by ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jenny M. Young, MSW, MA December 2015
... that may be compounded by a second diagnosis such as HIV.[ 7 ] There is widespread devaluation of people with serious ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elspeth M. McDougall, MD, FRCSC, MHPE, December 2015
... next few years as new technology becomes available.”[ 7 ] Access to simulation facilities was reported to be a key ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2015
... thought to outweigh the risks of low levels of mercury.[ 7,8 ] Widely publicized mercury warnings may have had ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB December 2015
... to those in need, regardless of age. In Canada the 6.7% poverty rate among the elderly is much lower than the ...
News December 2015
Following the release of its  7 Steps to Stroke Recovery  video in 2014, the Stroke ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP March 2015
... from its peak incidence in 2009. Canada-wide, only 39.7% of adults eat the recommended five fruits and vegetables ... rates (self-reported) run at 60% in BC (compared to 53.7% Canada-wide) but these dropped from 2013 to 2014.[ 6 ] In ... Canadian guideline of 150 minutes of activity per week.[ 7 ] Together, poor nutrition and physical inactivity lead to ...
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