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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM July/August 2012
... with an estimated annual incidence of 12 million cases.[ 2 ] In British Columbia, syphilis infection rates are higher ... symptoms mimicking many other diseases may appear about 2 to 6 weeks later. The second stage (also known as secondary syphilis), if untreated, resolves within 2 to 6 weeks or the infection could go on to the third stage ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Evoy, PhD November 2012
... “Collaborative Governance in Theory and Practice,”[ 2 ] University of California Berkeley researchers Chris ...
News January/February 2012
... (10029) for Rotarix (oral rotavirus immunization given at 2 and 4 months) is available ( see the article on page 42 ). ...
Letters / BY: Mark Fok, MD, FRCPC May 2012
... for general prac­titioners” [ BCMJ  2012;54:75-8 2] with great interest and applaud the efforts of Ms Horn and ... of a short duration ranging from 24 hours to 12 weeks.[ 2 ]  This comes at the cost of an increased risk of ...
Letters / BY: Mark F. Masterson, MD, MSc, FRCPC, September 2012
... medical education (DME) in the last dec­ade.[ 1 , 2 ] In response, the Professional Association of Residents of ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME March 2012
... return to work for open and laparoscopic repairs were 27.2 and 11.7 days, respectively. This information was shared ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Hal D. Gunn, MD, June 2012
... in cancer mortality in patients with colon cancer.[ 2 , 3 ] •    In a large-scale randomized control trial, ... environment. The Samueli Institute recently received a $2.2 million research grant to study InspireHealth’s programs ...
Premise / BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med, October 2012
... statistic. Breast cancer risk is decade of age dependent[ 2 ] and only those women living to 90 years have a 1 in 9 chance of the disease;[ 2 ] the highest cause of death after 85 years remains ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leslie A. Sadownik, MD, MEd, FRCSC, January/February 2012
... prevalence of this condition range from 4% to 28%.[ 1-2 ]  The majority of women with vulvodynia (90%) will seek ... characteristics of participants are presented in  Table 2 .  Major themes emerged when the res­ponses to the ... relationship until I get things under control.” Question 2: What was your experience with the health care system ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David D. Sweet, MD, FRCPC May 2012
... protocols recommended by Rivers soon after publication.[ 2 ] Over the ensuing years, EDs around the world have ... signify the presence of a potentially severe infection.2 The four SIRS criteria are:  •    Heart rate > 90 ... of infection be sought within 6 hours of presentation.[ 2 ] This requires blood cultures and often re­quires ...