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Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD January/February 2006
... with type 2 diabetes regardless of BP or lipid levels. [2-4]  Furthermore, in obese patients—the vast majority of ... studies, particularly those by Eberley and colleagues, [4]  Evans and colleagues, [5]  the placebo subgroup of the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2006
... transmission of HBV still occurs in 1% to 2% of infants; [4]  rates up to 6.5% have been reported for infants born to ... infants in BC, the universal immunization schedule is 2, 4, and 6 months. The minimum acceptable interval between the ... of the infants who were followed up are shown in  Table 4 ; 20 of the 46 infants followed (43%) had no identified HBV ...
News / BY: Sarah Gilgoff, BSc, April 2006
... General Wed., 3 May Tues., 9 May  Tues., 2 May Thurs., 4 May Wed., 10 May Thurs., 11 May Mon., 15 May Tues., 16 May ... provides for a general compensation increase of 10.4% over 4 years (3%, 2%, 2%, 3%), and targeted compensation increases ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, October 2006
... BCMA and the government. The existing MOCAP budget of $126.4 million is protected for the life of the agreement. ... be converted into a Parental Leave Program, for which $4.7 million has been budgeted. • Physician Health Plan ... the 2006 agreement. Updates General compensation changes 4 August 2006 The BCMA appointed Donald Munroe, QC, as the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brenda Kosaka, MD November 2006
... difficult to test. A comprehensive assessment (4 to 5 hours of testing) is more appropriate if there are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hin Hin Ko, MD June 2006
... groups: Eskimo (55%), Aleut (24%), and Indian (21%). [4]  The Indian population is further subdivided into ... to regional field clinics to provide outpatient services. [4,7] In British Columbia, the Aboriginal population consists ... 40 First Nations groups. Aboriginal people make up about 4% of the total BC population, and about half live in urban ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ian L. Mitchell, MD, FRCP March 2006
... reduces the associated morbidity and mortality. 4) Ulcerative colitis Ulcerative colitis is associated with a ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) September 2006
... abdominal pain, seizure, cardiac arrhythmias, and coma. [4]  These effects only ever occur at levels far in excess of ... evidence has been found to support these claims. [4,6] The bottom line The addition of fluoride to water ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kevin W. Johns, BSc October 2006
... with control of hyperglycemia and hypertension. [4] The two main methods used to determine if a patient is ... an average AER of 55.7±18.2 mg/24 hours and an ACR of 4.46±1.28 mg/mmol—values well above the Canadian Diabetes ... in the study had an average hemoglobin A1c at entry of 7.4±1.2%. According to each patient’s most recent dipstick ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS June 2006
... agreement, the compensation increases are for the first 4 years only. Negotiation and, if required, binding ... of the agreement. General compensation increase is 10.4% over 4 years (3%, 2%, 2%, and 3%). Particular increases will be ...