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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David Roth, MSc, October 2012
... has risen and now accounts for 66% of TB cases in Canada.[ 1 ] This rising proportion likely reflects the decreasing ... 72% of cases emerging from the foreign-born population.[ 1 ]  Prospective immigrants to Canada, including refugees ... TB incidence of 5.3 per 100 000 population in 2010.[ 1 ] TB incidence was greatest in those from Sudan (284 per ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM January/February 2012
... attenuated monovalent human rotavirus vaccine Rota­rix.[ 1 ] Benefits of this vaccine over the other approved product, ... rarely in Canada. It is estimated that in Canada between 1 in 62 and 1 in 312 children under 5 years old will require ...
News April 2012
... adopting a baby or planning a pregnancy in the period of 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013? If you are, then it is ... contact: Lorie Lynch, PLP Administrator; toll free in BC: 1 800 665-2262 ext 2882; direct: 604 638-2882; e-mail: ...
News / BY: Jean Lauzon, MD, FRCSC, July/August 2012
... for every death. In the Vietnam War, the ratio was 2.4:1. “That’s the reason the VA is being overwhelmed,” ...
News November 2012
... website at www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/1368/la_id/1.htm . Alternatively, contact the CMA awards committee ... Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON, K1G 3Y6, or by telephone at 1 800 663-7336 extension 2243. Nominations and the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS March 2012
... most common cause of cancer-related death in nonsmokers.[ 1 ]  The lifetime risk of colorectal cancer is 5%, with an ... of colorectal cancer at the Vernon Jubilee Hospital over a 1-year period, 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010, were examined. This period ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC June 2012
... 200 deaths were identified as illicit drug deaths (IDD),[ 1 ] opiates were found in 60%,[ 2 ] and an additional 74 ...
Obituaries / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD September 2012
... soul mate. They married the same year and completed a 1-year internship in Newfoundland—the most lucrative ...
News / BY: Sara Gilbert, December 2012
... is communicated consistently across transitions of care.[ 1 ] MedRec is recognized by the WHO, Institute for Safe ... for ensuring safe, accurate prescribing in any setting.[ 1 ]  The goal of MedRec is to prevent unintended changes to ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB April 2012
... differently; they have devised a plan over the final 1 to 2 years of their careers. They have looked forward to ...