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Obituaries / BY: Lilie Hartwell, November 2015
... on 22 March 1928 in North Vancouver and passed away on 1 September 2015 at the age of 87 after many lengthy ...
Beyond Medicine November 2015
... illness were well above average seasonal rates.[ 1 ] One of the reasons suggested for this increase was the ... inhibitors are approved for children younger than 1 year of age in Canada, but oseltamivir was approved ... Evidence and dosing studies exist for infants younger than 1 year of age,[ 25 ] and the Canadian Paediatric Society ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP December 2015
... do not have a regular personal family physician.[ 1 ] The delivery of comprehensive care, although widely ... decline in medium and low tertile patients ( Figure 1 ). From 2009 to 2013 the percentage of high tertile patients increased from 47.0% to 64.1%. During the same period, the percentage of medium tertile ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jenny M. Young, MSW, MA December 2015
... do not recognize they are ill can be doubly vulnerable.[ 1 ] They may be reluctant to see physicians and have ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elspeth M. McDougall, MD, FRCSC, MHPE, December 2015
... as he or she would under natural circumstances.”[ 1 ] Simulation has been used extensively and has had positive ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM December 2015
... health status.  Legionella pneumophila  serogroup 1 accounts for the majority of cases worldwide.[ 1 ] Other species of  Legionella  may be similarly ... and are most often associated with cooling towers.[ 1-3 ] Transmission does not occur from person to person. Risk ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS December 2015
... and reference tools to support clinical practice.[ 1 ] However, the quality of medical apps varies and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2015
... as well as from freshwater lakes, rivers, and oceans.[ 1 ] However, human activity has also increased the amount of ... metal mining and smelting, and waste incineration.[ 1 ] The main source of anthropogenic mercury emissions is ... of its inability to break down in the environment.[ 1 ] Mercury can also change from one form to another in the ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD December 2015
... brush and helped the girl. Please use the cover for page 1 of the table of contents, not for artwork. —Robert ...
MDs To Be / BY: Cynthia Kong, December 2015
... just steps away, the trauma team is paged before the CTAS-1 arrives, and the stroke team is on scene when the ... get the care they need locally as a rural priority.[ 1 ] I couldn’t agree more. I believe everyone involved is ...