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News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2010
... programs varies, the time to produce a PA is typically 2 years—less than that of nurse practitioners, and the PA ... management and clinical prevention.  A recent study[ 2 ] addressed the concern that adding a PA to physician’s ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert McCormack, MD, FRCSC, November 2010
... weight distribution of the remaining articular cartilage.[ 2 ]  On the one hand, if there is an unstable meniscal ... osteoarthritis. The success rates ranged from 40% to 75%.[ 2 ]  As might be expected, the benefits of simple lavage ... the criticisms of the Moseley trial.  Interestingly, at 2 years follow-up, the WOMAC scores were not statistically ...
Editorials / BY: Bassam A. Masri, MD, FRCSC November 2010
... Guest editorial: Osteoarthritis of the hip and knee, Part 2: Surgical interventions ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sue L. Pollock, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2010
... animal-assisted therapy), increased physical activity,[ 2 ] and protection of owners from harm. The risks are ...
Obituaries / BY: M. Graham Clay, MD, April 2010
... Jubilee. He completed his general surgical training with 2 years at the University of Iowa. General surgery specialty ... committee to an agreement that increased fees by 39.99% (a 2-year settlement), the highest settlement ever obtained in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margot Davis, MD, September 2010
... hypertension, and the presence of ECG criteria for LVH.[ 2 ]  In fact, it was this paper that introduced the term ... to assess disease risk for men ( Table 1  and  Table 2 ) and for women ( Table 3  and  Table 4 ).  The ... lower lifetime risks of cardiovascular disease (5.2% versus 68.9% in men and 8.2% versus 50.2% in women).  In ...
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 ...