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News April 2010
... who are either undiagnosed or untreated for HIV. The 4-year, $48-million pilot called Seek and Treat is the first ...
News October 2010
... Wednesday, 3 November—Abbotsford  Thursday, 4 November—Burnaby  Friday, 5 November—Vancouver  ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sue L. Pollock, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2010
... (e.g., reptiles due to the high risk of salmonellosis).[ 4 ]  Such interdisciplinary collaboration intended to better ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marc W. Deyell, MD, FRCPC, June 2010
... cardiac death (SCD) outside the coronary care unit.[ 4 ]  SCD is the initial presentation of cardiac disease in ... Mirowski was born 14 October 1924 in Warsaw, Poland.[ 4 ] The story of his early life is nothing short of ... the number needed to treat to save one life over almost 4 years of follow-up was 14 patients,[ 24 ] and the cost per ...
News December 2010
... community partners to fight breast cancer. Over the past 4 years BC has increased spending on screening mammography by ...
News / BY: Nicole Racette, MD, March 2010
... care. The clinic is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The goal is for all patients to be seen and treated ... 3N1; phone: 604 875-2592 (Mon­day to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.); fax: 604 875-3136;  ...
News September 2010
... The BC government recently invested in a $48 million, 4-year pilot project—the Seek and Treat program—in Prince ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer M. Wilson, MD, FRCPC, May 2010
... 3 ] and the use of donor organs after cardiac death.[ 4 ] One exciting new approach that may increase the supply of ... diet, and exercise. Patients are reassessed every 3 to 4 months by the transplant team to ensure that they remain in ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC November 2010
... committed an impaired driving offence within the previous 4 hours; (b) the driver was involved in a crash resulting in ... and if drawing blood would endanger the patient.  4) The Criminal Code should be amended to remove the ...
Premise / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, January/February 2010
... skin and extracting the air by suction or prior heating.[ 4 ] Leeches used for bloodletting usually involved the ...