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Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD April 2016
... disease, excluding the acute phase of myocardial infarct. 7.    Chronic neurodegenerative diseases (multiple ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM April 2016
... planning.[ 1 ] Recent disasters and events such as the 4.7 magnitude earthquake that rattled BC’s south coast in ... the local hospital to manage more critical patients.[ 7,8 ] The Victoria Division also began similar planning with ...
Articles / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC December 2016
... babies born per 1000 women age 35 to 39, compared with 45.7 per 1000 women age 20 to 24.[ 17 ] In British Columbia, the ... we know a female fetus has her lifetime maximum of 6 to 7 million oogonia.[ 21 ] Hansen and colleagues found that a ... 15 169 trophectoderm biopsies from 2701 patients, only 20.7% of embryos from women age 29 were abnormal, compared with ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2016
... and I noticed that 3, 6, and 9 are now passé; Omega 7 found in anchovies is now the bomb. I was offered detox ...
Letters / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2016
... or enter accidentally into the subacromial space.[ 6,7 ] The upper third of the deltoid should be avoided, and ...
Articles / BY: Derek Plausinis, MASC, MD, FRCSC December 2016
... osteoarthritis is uncommon but does occur in 8% of cases.[ 7 ] When compared with hemiarthroplasty, total shoulder ... found that functional outcomes declined gradually after 7 years,[ 25 ] and an early study of reverse shoulder ... a more recent study reports lower complication rates of 7.0% overall (4.3% in primary procedures and 19.0% in ...
Articles / BY: Kelly L. Apostle, MD, FRCSC December 2016
... this protects against age-related joint degeneration.[ 7 ] These unique biomechanical characteristics make it ...
News April 2016
... Join the Vancouver kickoff walk taking place on Saturday, 7 May, or join hundreds of other doctors across BC and host a ... With Your Doc event in your community during the week of 7–14 May. Doctors of BC will provide support and materials ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC December 2016
... to be over 200 Bq/m 3 and five were over 750 Bq/m 3 .[ 7 ] BC has taken steps to reduce radon exposure. In late ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Barbara N. Morrison, BHK May 2016
... involving assessment by health care professionals.[ 7,8 ] These questionnaires and protocols were developed for ... implications and are widely considered standard practice.[ 7,8,10 ] Recent advances in screening and risk stratification ... chronic medical conditions across the lifespan.[ 7,8 ] Components of screening for athletes Owing to ...