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Physician Spotlight / BY: J. Pawlovich, MD July/August 2015
... headed to Queen’s Hospital in Honolulu to complete a 1-year internship. It was the beginning of a love affair with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rana S. A. Khan, MBBS, January/February 2015
... activities in order to generate preliminary results.[ 1 ] In residency training programs, seed grants have been ... impact of the Concept Award on your research?” ( Table 1 ), “Why would you recommend this program?” ( Table 2 ), ... master’s students, 5 residents, 5 medical students, and 1 other trainee. Conclusions A very limited amount of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Basia M. Hamata, MD, January/February 2015
... in BC and Canada is conservatively estimated to be about 1 in 40 individuals, with a higher incidence found in the ... LDL-C and apolipoprotein B100 (apoB), and occurs in up to 1 in 50 individuals.[ 1 ] Familial combined hyperlipidemia and familial ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Naveed Z. Janjua, MBBS, DrPH January/February 2015
... hepatocellular cancer, or require liver transplantation.[ 1 ] An estimated 230 000 to 450 000 (0.66% to 1.3%) of Canadians are infected with HCV.[ 2 ] In British ... cure approximately 55% of those treated (45% for genotype 1, 60% to 70% for genotype 3, and 70% to 80% for genotype 2)[ ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD January/February 2015
... procedures prefixed by the letter “C”) – for up to 1 hour. Note: Time is calculated at the earliest, from the ... contact in the operating suite. T70020: Time after 1 hour of continuous certified surgical assistance for one ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lauri McCoy MD, CFPC January/February 2015
... have difficulty accepting the diagnosis of dementia.[ 1 ] As physicians, we need to be sensitive to understanding ...
Letters January/February 2015
... suicide are not in favor of preserving life at all costs.[ 1,2 ] Withdrawal of medically futile care that is merely ...
Letters / BY: Mike Marshall, MD, January/February 2015
... it is the lack of respect that it signifies. I doubt if $1 million will bring that back. —Mike Marshall, MD North ...
News January/February 2015
... fear of judgment from friends, family, and professionals.[ 1 ] These findings suggest all the more reason for doctors to ...
News January/February 2015
... nurse practitioners. The new $40 fee code became effective 1 January 2015. Funding has been approved to 31 December 2015 ...