Letters /
BY: Peter Coy, MB,
July/August 2012
... school and where the rates, although dropping, are still 5% higher than children’s rates for each age cohort. That ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Craig Martin, MD,
December 2012
... registry suggests less than 18% of patients survive beyond 5 years after diagnosis. An early detection tool might ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD
April 2012
... patients • Be brief, as conversations as short as 5 minutes can have an impact on patient behavior.[ 4 ] ... for disordered eating (see the SCOFF Questionnaire box).[ 5 ] Disordered eating attitudes and behaviors are ...
Obituaries /
BY: William J. McLaren, MBChB,
May 2012
... of diagnostic radiology at the Royal Infirmary. He spent 5 years between Newcastle and Manchester. On a ski vacation ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC
October 2012
... them vigorously to attain accepted target levels.[ 5 ] Patient factors Patient adherence to recommended ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
January/February 2012
... came with the same preset combination that only about 5% of people had changed. He also discovered a hole in the ...
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 ...
News
March 2012
... detailed in the journal PLoS Pathogens (published online 5 January 2012 at www.plospathogens.org ), blocks the ...
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 ...