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Point Counterpoint / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2012
... to the public, health authorities,[ 1 ] and to academia[ 2 ] under the guise of wellness and prevention initiatives. ...
MDs To Be / BY: Katie Wiskar, MD, FRCPC October 2012
... to address the health care needs of their members.[ 2 ] Further­more, we are recognizing that the health of ... such as nutrition, exercise, smoking, and alcohol use.[ 2 , 6 ] Physicians who eat a healthy diet themselves are more ... at inciting positive behavioral changes in patients.[ 2 ] Because of this link, it would be ex­tremely valuable to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Wei-Shuen King, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2012
... and transmission of bloodborne infectious agents). At $2.60 per gram (Can­adian dollars),[ 5 ] albumin is ... liaison specialist, Canadian Blood Services BC and Yukon, 2 December 2011).  In order to examine the effect that the ... 1 month, and were then asked to collect data for a full 2 months.  At the end of the study period, the anonymized ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew J. Juren, MD, May 2012
... who dared to threaten social convention with statistics.[ 2 ] Dr Richard Doll Sir (William) Richard Shaboe Doll was ... it was known to release many carcinogens into the air.[ 2 ]  A study of more than 700 lung cancer patients younger ... patients progress before being willing to quit ( Table 2 ) allows the doctor to identify where patients are in their ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2012
... Committee, and the General Practice Services Committee ($2.2 million). But despite the in­crease in costs over 2010, ... Brodie explained that dues for 2012 were raised by $25 (a 2% increase). The last time there was a dues increase was in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, December 2012
... smoke causes exacerbations of chronic lung disease,[ 2 ] but it has been challenging to demonstrate effects on ... from fires in Siberia, the United States, and BC ( Figure 2 ). Over the next 3 years we will improve the surveillance ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... 976 people died in alcohol-related crashes in Canada.[ 2 ] Canada lags far behind comparable democracies in reducing ... in BC. Of these, 152 (38.5%) were alcohol related.[ 2 ] The BC road fatality rate in 2009 (8.1 per 100000 ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB June 2012
... that (apologetically) offer consultation appointments in 2, 3, and even 4 years. Yet newly trained orthopaedic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nadia A. Khan, MSc, MD October 2012
... treatment goal is a pressure level of less than 90 mm Hg.[ 2 ]  Data from the Hypertension Optimal Treatment (HOT) ... BP target by randomly assigning 4733 patients with type 2 diabetes to either an intensive BP-lowering group with a ... stroke, and death from cardiovascular causes (1.87% vs 2.09%; HR 0.88; 95% CI 0.73–1.06).[ 9 ] Intensive treatment ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, April 2012
... it helps set the right tone for mental health treatment. 2. When going through the PHQ-9 assessment, have your ...