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Premise / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, January/February 2010
... practice of venesection gained even greater importance.[ 2 ] Galen was able to propagate his ideas through the force ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Dustin Li, May 2010
... increased among S. pneumoniae over the past decade, from 2.0% in 1999 to 18.9% in 2009 ( Figure 2 ). • Enterococcus spp. isolates remain highly ... vancomycin, and nitrofurantoin (>98%). One-quarter (25.2%) of all isolates remain ciprofloxacin resistant, although ...
Proust for Physicians September 2010
... to practise? I’ve been very content in Victoria. Until 2 years ago, I kept my Minnesota licence active because of ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD March 2010
... improvement of the specialist care system.  Over the past 2 years, the SSC has been building an effective relationship ...
News June 2010
...  Ensure your children wear a helmet every time they ride. 2.  Get the right kind of helmet. Choose a bicycle helmet ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel H. Williams, MSc, FRCS (Tr & Orth), November 2010
... and 44% during the first 5 years of the 21st century.[ 1 , 2 ]  The history of total knee arthroplasty began back in ... is deep infection, which complicates between 1% and 2% of operations and may require further and repeated major ... nerve injury has been reported in between 0.3% and 2.0% of patients.[ 16 ] The 20-day postoperative mortality ...
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 ...
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 ...