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College Library September 2010
... users can download books to their computer desktop for a 2-week loan period. NetLibrary is, for the College Library, a ...
News&Notes / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, December 2010
... only 8.3% were secondary to enemy action; the remaining 10.2% were miscellaneous factors. Sailors’ diseases Life on ... demanding, with few pleasures or distractions. As Bown[ 2 ] states, “sanitary conditions aboard ships were as bad ... met Spanish Naval Captain Bodega y Quad­­ra ( Figure 2 ), with whom he had a very cordial relationship.  The two ...
Letters / BY: R. Brar, MD January/February 2010
... must read and sign the statements on (1) authorship, (2) copyright, and (3) disclosure of financial interests ( ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD April 2010
... a favorable im­pression of the BCMA. That’s up from 71% 2 years ago.  This figure includes attributes such as how ... felt membership provided good value. That’s up 8% from 2 years ago. Members primarily value the benefits packages, ... supporting member services and needs—that’s up 5% from 2 years ago.  As well, 95% say their call to the main ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD October 2010
Until recently, type 2 diabetes mellitus was almost unheard of in children, but ... play a key role in its development.  The hallmark of type 2 diabetes is insulin resistance and the most common cause of ... adulthood.  It is estimated that 26% of Canadians age 2 to 17 (more than 1 in 4) are overweight or obese, up from ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, March 2010
... medical examination starting at 80 years of age, and every 2 years after 80, in order to maintain a valid licence.  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marc W. Deyell, MD, FRCPC, June 2010
... to see the first coronary care units opened in 1962.[ 2 ] While considerable attention was being paid to the ... company in 1970 to further develop the ICD, but after 2 years the company decided there was no market for the ... The number needed to treat to prevent one death over 2 years was 12 patients and the cost per life-year saved by ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC November 2010
... was a Nazi collaborator imprisoned in the local barracks.[ 2 ] She was moribund from uremia due to sulphonamide anuria ... kidney to England, the United States, and Canada.[ 2 ] It was used several times in London in that year with ... became a possibility us­ing this Scribner-Quinton shunt.[ 2 , 4 ] Dr Palmer, alert to these advances, saw the potential ...
Letters / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2010
... endorses. Neither the editorial introducing the new form[ 2 ] nor the form itself[ 3 ] suggest disclosure for all items ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, July/August 2010
... even high-priority patients would sometimes be on hold for 2 months before a first consultation.  By introducing ...