Clinical Articles /
BY: Derryck H. Smith, MD, FRCPC
October 2016
... a generalized rash and low-grade fever and fatigue for 1 week. With the exception of bilateral osteoarthritis of the ... of a CRP level of 20.6 mg/L (reference range 0.08–3.1 mg/L), which fell to 0.6 mg/L after treatment with ... inflammatory arthritides such as rheumatoid arthritis.[ 1 ] More than 30 microorganisms known to result in ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Jeffrey Quon, DC, MHSc, PhD, FCCSC
October 2016
... guidelines for optimal management of axial spine pain,[ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ] the degree of adherence across different ...
News /
BY: Dirk van Niekerk, MD, FRCPC
October 2016
... updated recommendations for cervical cancer screening.[ 1 ] The age to initiate cervical cancer screening has ...
News
October 2016
The Reference Drug Program (RDP) will be modernized as of 1 December 2016, and associated information packages were ... If you did not receive a package call Health Insurance BC (1 866 905-4912) to request a print copy, or access the ... those patients to a fully covered reference drug before 1 December 2016. In September, Pharmacare sent letters to all ...
News
October 2016
... online at http://immunology.sciencemag.org/content/1/3/eaaf8864 . Watch a video with more information about the ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Chris Rumball, MD
October 2016
... for marijuana doubled from 8% in 2013 to 17% in 2014.[ 1 ] In Colorado the number of drivers in fatal crashes who ... their system tripled between 2005 and 2014 from 3.4% to 12.1%.[ 2 ] Driver impairment from marijuana use may be ...
Obituaries /
BY: Richard Mark, MD
October 2016
... at Vancouver General Hospital but changed his mind after 1 year and moved to Montreal General Hospital to study ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
July/August 2016
... but so indistinct close up. The Modern Man three pack of 1.25 readers from Costco was an easy fix. I keep a pair in ...
Letters /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2016
... published pooled analysis by Moore and colleagues[ 1 ] on leisure-time physical activity in the risk of cancer ...
Letters /
BY: Anne Wachsmuth, MD
July/August 2016
... 68%. The other two positions on the executive, and all but 1 of 11 positions on the Board, were filled by acclamation. ...