Editorials /
BY: Brian Day, MB
October 2013
... private nurses to care for her. Early in 2014 (after a 5-year wait), these and similar issues will be placed before ...
News
March 2013
... $307482 in 2010–11, a 3.1% increase—the smallest in 5 years, according to a report from the Canadian Institute ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Debra A. Kent, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT
January/February 2013
... as the number of prescriptions in Canada grows by nearly 5% annually.[ 3 ] Many factors contribute to pediatric ... packs or dosettes, which are not child-resistant.[ 2 , 5 ] Poison prevention education activities have focused on ...
Editorials /
BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD
June 2013
... physicians may see a Seagram-like business opportunity[ 5 ] in the proposed regulations, but be aware that the ...
News
December 2013
... such as on call. Female physicians spent an average of 5 fewer hours per week at work than male physicians, down ...
News /
BY: Sinden Luciuk,
January/February 2012
... Johnson Inc. MEDOC is an annual plan, providing up to $5 million in emergency medical coverage. Advice for your ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC
June 2012
... timely administration of naloxone, an opioid antagonist.[ 5 ] In BC, the current lack of naloxone availability outside ... for anyone who may witness an opioid overdose.[ 5 ] Fourteen subpopulations have been identified at higher ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: David Roth, MSc,
October 2012
... This compares with an overall provincial TB incidence of 5.3 per 100 000 population in 2010.[ 1 ] TB incidence was ... Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Prevention and Control.[ 5 ] —David Roth, MSc —James Johnston, MD, MPH ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Carolyn Gotay, PhD,
April 2012
... risk. However, these mutations account for only 5% to 10% of all breast cancers. Other factors, including ... whereas women at high risk underestimated their risk.[ 5 ] Given that a recent meta-analysis[ 6 ] showed women’s ... woman’s risk of developing breast cancer within the next 5 years and over her lifetime (up to age 90), and is based on ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
July/August 2012
... is now a full code, she goes to the ICU and is treated for 5 days. She is able to be extubated and sent to the ward with ...