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Clinical Articles / BY: Tyler W. Smith, MD, MHSc, FRCPC April 2013
... common kinds of heritable thrombophilia (HT) ( Table ).[ 1 ] These can be classified according to their associated ... to establish how many tests for FVL were performed from 1 April 2005 to 30 March 2009. FVL was chosen to represent HT ... Provincial FVL test data   As shown in  Figure 1 , VGH received 7928 orders for FVL testing during the ...
News July/August 2013
... of British Columbia Project title: Blocking the YB-1 oncogene to circumvent chemotherapy re­sistance and ...
News November 2013
In 2012 about 8.1 million individuals (28% of Canadians aged 15 years and ... with bathing and dressing, were provided by fewer than 1 in 4 caregivers. However, two-thirds of those who performed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janet Kushner Kow, MD, MEd, FRCPC, March 2013
... prevalent, affecting over half of all residents.[ 1 ] Costs associated with UI have been estimated at $5 ... and management recommendations are provided in  Table 1 . A list of pharmaceuticals that contribute to ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2013
... cost-effective health in­terventions in modern medicine.[ 1 ] It is estimated that immunizations have saved more ... lives over the last 50 years than any other health program.1 Vaccines are credited with reducing the death rate from ...
News / BY: Sinden Luciuk, September 2013
... BCMA members are invited to contact The Mardon Group at 1 866-846-4467 or email info@mgins.ca . —Sinden Luciuk BCMA ...
News March 2013
... gross clinical payments averaged $307482 in 2010–11, a 3.1% increase—the smallest in 5 years, according to a report ... Ontario accounting for $2.7 billion and Quebec almost $1 billion. CIHI said over half of all physicians received ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Karen Hossack, MD, June 2013
... include heightened pain sensitivity and accidental death.[ 1-5 ] It is important to note that long-term use of opioids ... achieved by significantly weaning total opioid doses. Case 1 A worker sustained crush injuries 10 years ago when his leg ... prescribing physician rated the patient’s function as 1–2 out of 10, pain level as 9–10 out of 10, and noted ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew J. Coldman, PhD November 2013
... empowered to review evidence on breast cancer screening.[ 1 ] In North America both the Canadian Task Force on ... from European screening programs concluded that between 1% and 10% of breast cancer diagnoses in women participating ... trials estimated the overdiagnosis rate to be 11%.1 A recent study in British Columbia estimated that screening ...
News January/February 2013
... that medicare’s unfunded liability increased by 2.1% to $537.7 billion in 2010 from $526.7 billion in 2006. The ...