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President's Comment /
BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP
November 2018
... Studies have shown that diverse teams are more creative,[ 1-4 ] achieve better results,[ 5-7 ] act more ethically,[ 8 ] ...
Letters /
BY: Robert Shepherd, MD
November 2018
... incidents) in 2013 ranged from $547 to $922 million.[ 1 ] Dr Richardson’s editorial in the same issue asked for ... states the following: “An increase in average speed of 1 km/h typically results in a 3% higher risk of a crash ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Brenda Hefford, MD
November 2018
... Development Incentive The Panel Development Incentive[ 1 ] (made available in September 2018) compensates eligible ... Development Incentive consists of three payments: Payment 1 ($2000) may be claimed after eligible family doctors commit ... through the phases of panel management step-by-step.[ 1 ] EMR-based Panel Management Tools help update patient ...
Editorials /
BY: Ehud Ur, MBBS, FRCPC
November 2018
... in a report estimating that 29% of British Columbians (1.4 million people) are living with diabetes or prediabetes.[ 1 ] Moreover, another DC report describes an “estimated ... including South Asian, Chinese, and Indigenous peoples.[ 1 , 6 ] In addition, almost 15% of British Columbians are ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP
November 2018
... rates rising from 8.3% in 2013 to 10.3% in 2020.[ 1 ] The complications of diabetes contribute significantly to ... in their regular Therapeutics Letters.[ 31 ] Table 1 summarizes the composition and methodology of the bodies ... for SGLT-2 inhibitors and to consider adding GLP-1 agonists to reflect current evidence and clinical guideline ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC
November 2018
... global prevalence rate of type 2 diabetes is 8.8%,[ 1 ] with Indigenous people being disproportionally affected.[ ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: C. Bruce Verchere, PhD
November 2018
Worldwide prevalence of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes is on the rise, yet we remain without a ... disease and have limited therapeutic options. With 1.4 million people impacted by prediabetes or diabetes in British Columbia alone,[ 1 ] the need has never been greater for research into the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Erin Fraser, DVM, MSc
November 2018
... (60% to 80%) of BC raccoons harbor this parasite.[ 1 ] Although human Baylisascaris infections are extremely ... clinical signs and symptoms, which often appear 1 to 4 weeks after infection, can include fatigue, nausea, ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD
November 2018
... winters; drier summers; and more extreme weather events.[ 1 ] As a result, interactions between people, the ...