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Letters / BY: Michael M. O’Brien December 2016
... as many for a population that has increased only about 2.6 times, and the number of doctors in the province then (no ...
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 ... are thought to be related to physical inactivity.[ 2-4 ] The World Health Organization has estimated that ...
Letters / BY: Gerrard A. Vaughan, MD December 2016
... the College will do what it has done for the last 2 decades: use the provincial database (PharmaNet) to ...
News&Notes December 2016
... are signs of spontaneous feminization. •    1,25(OH)2 vitamin D testing, with rare exception, is indicated for ... or to help distinguish type 1 diabetes from type 2 diabetes, but not for establishment of insulin resistance. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM May 2016
... Control. Communicable disease control manual. Chapter 2. Immunization (see Section VII for vaccine-specific ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD May 2016
... the number of times I eat out at restaurants from 4 to 2 days per week over the next 3 weeks. It is recommended that ... US News and World Report for the sixth consecutive year.[ 2 ] Evidence shows that in as little as 2 weeks of following the DASH diet, both systolic and ...
Letters / BY: Roger Purnell, MBChB, FRCSC May 2016
... scores were indicative of patient dissatisfaction at 2 years after surgery, independent of improvements in pain or ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Will Offley, RN December 2016
... in the 24-hour asymptomatic period following infection.[ 2 ] A policy without evidence The reality is that no ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC December 2016
... workers receive annual vaccination against influenza.[ 2,3 ] •    The failure in Canada of voluntary programs ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Kelly Mayson, MD, FRCPC December 2016
... of practice, both between individuals and institutions.[ 2 ] Intravenous fluids should be administered with the same ...