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Obituaries April 2016
... Lynn Holden was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on 4 May 1948 to Dr Pat Holden and Mrs Doris Holden, and died on ...
Obituaries / BY: Kim Martin, MD, April 2016
... and moved to Halifax to join a physician there. After 4 years in practice he realized obstetrics was his real ... community in his later years. When he passed away on 4 February 2016, Dr Martin left behind many patients and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC December 2016
... about 850 lung cancer deaths each year in that province.[ 4 ] Mitigating radon exposure Radon exposure can be mitigated ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Barbara N. Morrison, BHK May 2016
... mean age in the sudden death cases was 46 ± 15 years.[ 4 ] To mitigate risk and ensure activities are safe and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS October 2016
... surgery has proved to be more cost-effective[ 3 , 4 ] and to increase patient satisfaction.[ 3 , 5 , 6 ] This ... them to the surgeon using the smart phone app ( Figure 4 ). The patients were encouraged to ask questions and raise ... (SD 31.0) minutes and for the e-monitoring group was 51.4 (SD 15.5) minutes ( P < .05). The majority of patients in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katherine Shoults, MD, May 2016
... distribution width (RDW) in the upper range of normal (14.4%). Test results for infectious diseases considered in the ... associated with nitrous oxide use in labor and delivery.[ 4 ] Maternal adverse effects to the drug included nausea, ... rare and serious effects such as neurological compromise.4 However, it may be that pregnant women experience fewer ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Darren E.R. Warburton, PhD May 2016
... conditions, including cardiovascular disease (CVD).[ 2-4 ] Moreover, various studies of former athletes have ... mortality and various other chronic medical conditions.[ 2-4 ] Even greater risk reductions for all-cause mortality and ... are thought to be related to physical inactivity.[ 2-4 ] The World Health Organization has estimated that physical ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM May 2016
... following vaccination: How is it defined? Hum Vaccin 2008;4:316-319. BC Centre for Disease Control. Communicable ... on Immunization. Canadian immunization guide. Part 4. Active vaccines. Accessed 3 March 2016.  ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD May 2016
... reduce the number of times I eat out at restaurants from 4 to 2 days per week over the next 3 weeks. It is recommended ... Details can be found on Health Canada’s website.[ 4 ] Physicians can also suggest that patients use a smaller ...
Letters / BY: Roger Purnell, MBChB, FRCSC May 2016
... of pain at rest, pain during activity, and disability.[ 4 ] In 2011 the outcome measures in rheumatoid arthritis ...