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Clinical Articles / BY: Rana S. A. Khan, MBBS, January/February 2015
... other comments about the program’s benefits ( Table 4 ). The respondents’ seed funding ranged from $5000 to $10 ... published in Health Policy in 2008, Hanson and colleagues[ 4 ] evaluated seed grants awarded to investigators in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Basia M. Hamata, MD, January/February 2015
... without a positive family history, an LDL-C level above 4.5 mmol/L or an apoB level above 1.3 g/L, with or without ... of FH.[ 3 ] The finding of corneal arcus ( Figure 2 )[ 4 ] before age 65 strongly suggests the presence of an ... coronary disease in the family and corneal arcus,[ 4 ] other strong indicators of FH are elevated LDL-C from a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Naveed Z. Janjua, MBBS, DrPH January/February 2015
... Canada recommends screening these groups at least once.[ 4 ] Others, including the Canadian Liver Foundation, also ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lauri McCoy MD, CFPC January/February 2015
... to “crazy, madness, crackers, or hysterics.”[ 4 ]  In general in Spanish, the term dementia translates ... translations include “insanity” and “madness.”[ 4 ] The acceptance of dementia is quite high for many ... “insaneness,” and “neurosis” in Hindi.[ 4 ] An interpreter can play an important role both in the ...
Letters January/February 2015
... and abuse, as seen in Belgium and the Netherlands.[ 3,4 ] Once something is deemed a right, then there are ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD January/February 2015
... new Physician Master Agreement (PMA). An overwhelming 91.4% of the 3546 members who cast a ballot voted in favor of ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Cathy Clelland, MD January/February 2015
... patients having access to an interprofessional team.  4.    There is enhanced access for appointments. 5.    ... roles 2.    Information sharing 3.    Infrastructure 4.    Funding 1. Clarification of scope of practice and ... unique skills and expertise to the care of the patient.[ 4 ] All members of the team need to be well informed of the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David Brooks, MD, January/February 2015
... 855 476-3049, Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. —David A. Brooks, MD, Dip Sport Med, CIME ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ken Q. Little, MSc, March 2015
... In British Columbian men, the rate is likely comparable.[ 4 ] Estimates suggest that over 50% of the sexually active ... were available to men 3.    Cost of vaccine 4.    Don’t like getting vaccines 5.    Other ... to determine topic-specific knowledge of HPV ( Table 4 ). Of the respondents who had previously heard of HPV, the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM March 2015
... disease episodes were due to PPV23 serotypes.[ 4 ] While the polysaccharide 23-valent vaccines provide a ...