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President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, June 2012
... of the BCMA. The results in this area have improved by 5 percentage points from the 2010 survey (which had improved by 5 percentage points from the 2008 survey) to an 81% favorable ... survey, members primarily value the benefits packages (up 5 percentage points), insurance packages (up 2 percentage ...
News November 2012
Of the almost 5 million seniors age 65 and older in Canada, 7.1% live in ... homes, chronic care, or long-term care hospitals (4.5%), or residences for seniors (2.6%). Census data from 2011 ... . News Statistics Canada: Almost 5% of seniors in long-term care ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David D. Sweet, MD, FRCPC May 2012
... the full EGDT protocol in a busy emergency department[ 3-5 ] be­cause of the time needed to place the various ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2012
... activity for children. The goal is for kids (children age 5 to 11 and youth age 12 to 17) to be active for 60 minutes ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS March 2012
... 1 ]  The lifetime risk of colorectal cancer is 5%, with an incidence of 15 to 20 per 100000 in persons 60 to ... varies in the recent world literature from 6% to 34%.[ 5-10 ] Emergency presentation has been associated with higher morbidity,[ 5 , 6 , 9 ] higher perioperative mortality,[ 6 , 8-10 ] a ...
News June 2012
... of 7 years. The BCMA was consulted twice in the last 5 years regarding these changes, and each time advocated to ...
Premise / BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med, October 2012
... and, as per the article’s example of a Gail Risk Score,[ 5 ] the average 60-year-old woman would be assigned a 1.67% 5-year risk of developing a breast cancer,[ 5 ] which is stated to be a high-risk percentage: presumably ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, April 2012
... process in motion (e.g., a phone call once a week).  5. Encourage your patients to bring support people or family ...
Letters / BY: Michael J. Passmore, MD, July/August 2012
... patient was actually quite favorable, ranging from 5 to 11.[ 5 ]  A re­cent evidence-based risk-benefit utility analysis ...
Letters / BY: Richard A. Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC January/February 2012
... age 45. The age range was 45 to 96 with a mean age of 60.5 years.  Dr Tevaar­werk’s use of the crude 6.0% ... age group of 60 to 70 years, the results are 9.4% and 11.5% respectively, or an average of 10.5%. It is important to note that the MMAS had some ...