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Obituaries / BY: Sherrill Purves, MD September 2016
... They maintained full coverage of these services with a 1-in-2 call for 12 years before they were joined by a third ... to see the wine-growing regions, teaching neurosurgery for 1 month for each of 3 years in Indonesia with the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel J. Lithwick, MHA, April 2016
... conditioned athlete typically doesn’t exhibit symptoms.[ 1 ] As a result, medical organizations such as the American ... same observational study used to support the Italian law.[ 1 ] This population-based study looked to determine the ... about heart murmurs in the physical examination ( Table 1 ).[ 3 ] Sensitivity has been reported to be a concern with ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC December 2016
... and has been upheld as reasonable at arbitration in BC.[ 1 ] The policy is, in fact, predicated on several factors: ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC November 2016
... vegetables, and fish are effective in preventing disease.[ 1 ] The traditional assumption is that simply replacing these ... prevent congenital neural tube defects (strong evidence).[ 1 ] Vitamin D in breastfed infants (strong evidence), frail ... medications such as metformin, proton pump inhibitors).[ 1 ] Vitamin B12 for vegans and those at risk for poor ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jonathan Pearce, MD, CCFP(PC) June 2016
... and diverse cultural and spiritual perspectives.[ 1 ] There is well-established evidence that effective ... ACP discussions[ 12 , 13 ] are outlined in Table 1 . In British Columbia, the My Voice workbook provides a ...
Letters / BY: Ashley Roberts, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2016
... in children and pregnant women in BC, an update .”[ 1 ] His comment raises important distinctions between the use ... treatment of influenza in children and pregnant women.[ 1 ] As described in the article, we agree that the absolute ...
News / BY: Kim Pelletier, CEBS, April 2016
... for life insurance and long-term disability insurance. A 1-year increase in the average age of a group is estimated to ... of Canada’s lending rate has been trending at less than 1% in order to stimulate growth. This is bad news for ...
News / BY: Dirk van Niekerk, MD, FRCPC October 2016
... updated recommendations for cervical cancer screening.[ 1 ] The age to initiate cervical cancer screening has ...
Editorials / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... is estimated to be 12 to 14 cases per 1000 live births[ 1 ] and includes a spectrum of abnormalities, from minor ...
News / BY: Claire Campion Wright, BSc, March 2016
... 105 000 of these people survive and join the more than 1.3 million Canadians living with health impacts from heart ... health? The average hospital stay after a stroke is 16.1 days. This is a loss of work time and the beginning of an ...