BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM
May 2018
... vaccines contain similar quantities of sucrose[ 6 , 7 ] and this analgesic effect is expected with use of RV5 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ekua Yorke, MD, FRCSC
April 2018
... 0.5 and 1.0 kg per week without any vomiting.[ 5 , 6 , 7 ] Some patients cannot tolerate the optimal restriction ...
Editorials /
BY: Sharadh Sampath, MD, FRCSC
April 2018
... treatment for obesity is often far less effective.[ 7 , 8 ] More importantly, surgery combined with multimodal ... diabetes, high rates of complete remission have been seen[ 7 , 15 , 16 ] and this has led to use of the term ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM
April 2018
... index, a simple measurement of weight against height.[ 7 ] BMI is only a surrogate measure of body fatness because ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Eleni Galanis, MD, MPH, FRCPC
April 2018
... excrete oocysts in their feces. Oocysts require 7 to 15 days to sporulate in the environment before becoming ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jacqueline Chang, MD, CCFP
April 2018
... blood alcohol content for each alcoholic drink consumed.[ 7 ] Patients should be strongly discouraged from drinking ... (needed most commonly after gastric bypass procedures).[ 7 ] Contraception Contraception is recommended for female ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Kevin Wing, MD, FRCSC
April 2018
... There was significant regional variation, with a low of 15.7 weeks in Island Health and a high of 31.0 weeks in Northern ... We believe that the relatively low wait time of 15.7 weeks on average for consultation in Island Health can be ... and financial harm as a result of these lengthy waits.[ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ] The BCOA also believes that ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Ben Jong, MD
April 2018
... quality-of-life measures and patient questionnaires.[ 7 ] The operative group consisted of 5 type-III injures and 6 ...
News
April 2018
... time it takes to receive an accurate diagnosis spans 3 to 7 years, and that’s with multiple visits to a variety of ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Kara Solmundson, MD, CCFP (SEM), Sport Med Dip, MSc
April 2018
... their training in exercise prescriptions as adequate.[ 7 ] Furthermore, 91% of these future physicians indicated ... training in exercise medicine and exercise prescribing.[ 7 ] Such training can impact behavior, with Canadian doctors ...