Letters /
BY: Barend Grobbelaar, MD,
October 2013
... at $20 per citizen. One thing led to another, and over the 2 years of prototyping, the money available to divisions has ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Natalie Drouillard, MD,
March 2013
... behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).[ 2 ] These include agitation, psychosis, and mood disorders.[ ... manic states, sleep/wake cycle, and apathy over a 2-week period to provide the interdisciplinary care team with ... meta-analysis that showed the NNH was 71, with a 2.2% occurrence of cerebrovascular events in the study ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Lorraine McIntyre, MSc
July/August 2013
... cases of paralytic shellfish poisoning were reported.[ 2 , 3 ] The illnesses reported in both 2011 and 2012 were ...
Specialist Services Committee /
BY: Ken Seethram, MD, FRCSC, FACOG
December 2013
... comes from the fact that we work together. Over the past 2 years the SSC has learned a great deal about what ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM
April 2013
... Globally, a trend of pandemic waves are observed every 2 to 3 years, as a new strain replaces a previously ...
News /
BY: Jennifer J. Telford, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CAGF, FACG
September 2013
... precancerous polyps so that they can be removed.[ 2 , 3 ] Colorectal cancer screening is recommended for ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Joshua Lai, BSc,
January/February 2013
... to the beat of Korotkoff’s rhythm. Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, no sound—Phase 4. Finally, a reading of 124/80. ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Michael A Benusic, UBC Medical Class of 2014,
June 2013
... inaccessible tight shale formations. These exist about 2 kilometres below the surface in BC, with the majority of ... as the main health concern. While additives make up only 2% of the total fluid volume, this can represent 40 000 ... in BC, especially given the vast amount of waste fluid (4.2 billion litres in 2009)[ 4 ] that is transported and ...
Editorials /
BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD
November 2013
... the Vancouver half marathon in Vancouver 2007 in 2:45:53. Over the years she has donated a number of her ...
News
March 2013
... beneficial in procedures where the tumor is less than 2 cm and located in the periphery of the lung. The new ...