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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC December 2009
... in evidence-based science and re­mains unchanged.[ 4 , 5 ] BC Centre for Disease Control Recent trends in ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD April 2009
... begins, physician payments will be disrupted for up to 4 weeks, but invoices will be accepted during this ... are available Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.—not 8 a.m., as previously stated. The September ...
Letters / BY: Jeremy Smith, September 2009
... article “Specialists and EMR Adoption” ( 2009;51[4]:154 ).  While more than 95% of the needs are common ...
MDs To Be / BY: Peter J. Nicholson, January/February 2009
... they are able to transfer to more desirable posts.[ 4 ] The same principle could well be applied to medical ...
Letters / BY: Michael A. Noble, MD, June 2009
... of Cryptosporidia parvum[ 2 ] and others parasites[ 3,4 ] are well established. And one does not have to look far ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS November 2009
... are reduced and length of stay in hospital is shorter.[ 2-4 ] Patient quality of life within the first postoperative ... cost, this is offset by a shorter hospital stay.[ 4-8 ] At $1000+ per patient-bed day in the Canadian health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Borys Flak, MD, FRCPC, May 2008
... a 6-year follow-up period.  A more recent phone survey[ 4 ] of 1808 Alberta men and women between age 50 and 74 ... Mainland and a dose from a double-contrast barium enema of 4 to 8 mSv. A reasonable rule of thumb for considering ... 17 ] For example, CTC can identify renal cell carcinomas (4%), abdominal aortic aneurysms (5%), and lymphadenopathy ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nathan A. Hoag, BSc, October 2008
... with sensitivities of 72.1% for PSA and 53.2% for DRE.[ 4 ] Used in combination, PSA and DRE remain the best ... and physical examination has a sensitivity of 90.4%.[ 5 ] Prostate cancer screening has resulted in earlier ... from the completed questionnaires that were returned (51.4%) was used to finalize the questions and ensure they were ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Bill Mackie, MD March 2008
... of sodium each day is: • Age 1 to 3: 1000 mg • Age 4 to 8: 1200 mg • Age 9 to 50: 1500 mg • Age 51 to 70: ...
ICBC / BY: Doug Harrington, July/August 2008
... the time they were ordered, in this particular case.”[ 4 ] In Phelan v. Newcombe, plaintiff’s counsel’s position ...