Clinical Articles /
BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC,
June 2009
... even with consumption of more than two drinks per day.[ 2,3 ] The beneficial effects of increasing alcohol ... the elderly and those with a lower baseline risk or type 2 diabetes.[ 2-4 ] Unfortunately, the cardiovascular benefit of increasing ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Howard N. Fenster, MD, FRCSC,
October 2009
... these complications, but they are described as uncommon.[ 2-7 ] As a surgeon who is seeing increasing numbers of the ...
Obituaries /
BY: Robert Hill, BMBCh
March 2009
... sent to a camp in Australia but managed to get back within 2 years. After he finished his training he was recruited as a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Gregory D. Deans, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
July/August 2009
... more severe manifestations compared with the elderly.[ 2,3 ] In the United States, people over the age of 50 years ... masks if they are able and should be seated at least 2 m from others; if this is not possible then they should be ...
Letters /
BY: George Kljajic, MD,
November 2009
... eyes will be focused on this part of the globe for about 2 weeks. This will be a unique opportunity to see what ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP
January/February 2009
... both in a glove distribution. Loss of dexterity may occur. 2. Secondary Raynaud’s phenomenon of the hands, sometimes ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Wilma Arruda, MD,
May 2009
... the fifth straight year. Here are some startling facts: [ 2 ] • The proportion of children living in poverty in BC in ... the BC Healthy Living Alliance estimates this cost to be $2.6 billion annually.[ 3 ] As the case of Baby Charlie lays ...
ICBC /
BY: Laura Jensen, MD,
September 2009
... completed initial report and one or two treatments within 2 weeks. Alternatively, if the patient is treated three or more times over more than 2 weeks, the initial payment is $800 with a further $100 ...
Editorials /
BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG
March 2009
... be interested in the presentations at all. It will involve 2 days of presentations on an eclectic range of topics, and I ...
Letters /
BY: Ivor McMahen, MD,
June 2009
... system has a monopoly on our lab information. Until about 2 years ago, Meditech was unable to interface with any ... IHA has been working quite hard for around 2 years on an interface with a PITO-approved system, but this ...