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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Wilma Arruda, MD, December 2010
... children were vulnerable, up from 28.5% in 2008/9.[ 2 ] • “Unnecessary early vulnerability in BC is costing ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB March 2010
... I could ask them for directions), and after an unplanned 2-hour driving tour of the city, we finally stumbled upon our ...
News May 2010
... that pregnant residents and employees have at least 2 consecutive days off per week and work no more than 5 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) October 2010
... products can remain for sale to Canadians during the 21/2 years the agency believes it will take to apply the ... natural health products at between $200 to $930 million.[ 2 ]  The bottom line is that thousands of products remain ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD April 2010
... recommended the adoption of the WHO Growth Charts[ 1,2 ] for monitoring the growth of Canadian children in all ... as the index of weight relative to height starting at 2 years of age. WHO Reference 2007 Growth Charts In 2007, the ... and measured by their health care provider within 1 to 2 weeks of birth, at 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months, then ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Bayliss, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2010
... tolerated and had fewer gastrointestinal side effects.[ 2 ] In 1899, acetylsalicylic acid was released on the market ... a case series of 400 patients prescribed ASA.5 After 2 years of follow-up, none of these patients had experienced ... an accepted surrogate for vascular disease.  After 8.2 years of follow-up there was no difference in the composite ...
News / BY: Michael Schachter, MD, November 2010
... prevalence of CKD, which is estimated to affect more than 2 million Canadians.[ 2 ] The  Table  shows the projected CKD prevalence figures ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Paul K.B. Dagg, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2010
... needs, contrary to other guidelines in the literature.[ 2 ]  The guidelines created identify anyone labeled as ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer M. Wilson, MD, FRCPC, May 2010
... by the relatively small cadaveric organ donor pool.[ 2 ] Hence 20% to 30% of potential candidates die on the ... has improved dramatically over the past decade ( Figure 2 ) thanks to many innovations in perioperative donor and ... when patients are anticipated to have a less than 50% 2- to 3-year predicted survival.[ 12 ] The chance of ...
Obituaries / BY: Kenneth G. Atkinson, MD, September 2010
... Hugh Richard Williams passed away in May 2010, after a 21/2-year battle with cancer. Hugh was born in Winnipeg and grew ...