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Obituaries / BY: William G. Johnston, MB, FRCS July/August 2018
... gave birth to her second son, Edward. Katie then took a 4-year leave from her medical practice to get her young ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi July/August 2018
... Arm Secondary rely on school buses to get to school,[ 4 ] meaning that at least one in five students would need to ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Grazia Salvo, MD July/August 2018
... been seized from outlets that were selling it as such.[ 4 ] We performed a descriptive analysis of kratom exposure ...
Letters / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP September 2018
... prescription opioid deaths in BC from 2009 to 2013,[ 4 ] found that methadone, used as opioid agonist therapy, ...
Letters / BY: Heidi M. Oetter, MD September 2018
... through false or exaggerated claims. Part 7, Section 7-4(3) of the bylaws states: “A registrant must not identify ... body approved by the board.” Part 7, Section 7-4(4) of the bylaws states: “No one other than a registrant ...
News September 2018
... and interaction anxiety, depression, and stress. More than 4 million Canadians will develop social anxiety disorder at ...
News September 2018
... the indicators are identified, Reddick says within 3 to 4 years a biopsy could be used to determine a patient’s ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc September 2018
... Community Health Survey revealed that in Canada, 57.4% of adults self-reported meeting the national guidelines, ... patient’s EMR it has also been shown to be effective.[ 4 ] A large study by Kaiser Permanente involving almost 1.8 ... the charts of 86% of patients after 18 months of effort.[ 4 ] A subsequent study involved 696 267 eligible patients ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carla Pajak, MD, FRCSC September 2018
... namely reduced complication and mortality rates.[ 4 , 5 ] When compared with delayed laparoscopic ... receiving early treatment was 5.8 days compared with 6.4 days for the DLC group receiving delayed treatment. Before ... intervention on surgical access was positive ( Table 4 ), with reductions in time from admission to surgery and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc September 2018
... that everyone should live a long life in full health.[ 4 , 5 ] Disability-adjusted life years are calculated as the ... describing the total health loss at the population level.[ 4 ] The disability-adjusted life year permits comparisons ... 5 ] human capital, societal perspective approach.[ 4 , 6 ] The total economic impact of injury was assessed by ...