BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Barbara Cadario, BSc, BScPhm, MSc
January/February 2003
... postmarketing surveillance in the 2002–03 fiscal year.5 Health Canada is negotiating with the FDA to create a ... to aid in the fast detection of drug safety problems. [5] And a free listserv provided by Health Canada enables ... or Unexpected, or involve a New drug (on the market for 5 years or less). An estimated 90% of ADRs are never ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: J. Rezmovitz, MSc
November 2003
... caused by reduced sensation and vestibular dysfunction [5] is a risk factor for falls and fall-related injuries, ... deconditioning, physical inactivity, or chronic disease. [5] Increased fall rate is associated with mobility ... order to maintain posture and not limit walking ability. [5] Exercise assists in the maintenance of personal ...
Letters /
BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD
April 2003
... to parents.” I recently had the good fortune to spend 5 days in Bella Bella which, apart from being an island, has ...
Letters /
BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD
September 2003
... to the university and college classroom ( BCMJ 2003;45[5]:210 ). He has experienced both systems and witnessed the ...
Letters /
BY: Anthony Taddei, PharmD
March 2003
... alluded to in his letter, at least one of these [5] pooled noncomparable databases offers no contribution to ... those with a history of peptic ulcer disease in the past 5 years or with a history of complicated peptic ulcer ...
Editorials /
BY: Heidi M. Oetter, MD
December 2003
... was back within 24 hours. She was discharged home after 5 days with palliative care instructions and as I write this ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Norman Phillips MSc
July/August 2003
... very effective at detecting polyps and preventing cancer, [5] but can detect cancers at earlier, more treatable stages ... cases only. Screen-detected cancers are assumed to incur a 5-percentage-point benefit in cure and mortality rates ... (confirmed by colonoscopy) have follow-up colonoscopies in 5 years, which, if negative, exempt the individual from ...
Letters /
BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD
January/February 2003
... increasing as the wavelength shortened. At Planck Time (5.39 x 10-44 seconds) the energy rises and since energy and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Judith Isaac-Renton, MD, DPH, FRCPC
November 2003
... to parasitic agents such as Giardia and Cryptosporidium. [5] BC also has had the highest rate of enteric ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Daniel Lin, BSc
May 2003
... and reliability of these structured interviews, [4,5] while in other studies they are used as methods to ...