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Letters / BY: Karen Fediuk, RD, July/August 2009
... recommends limiting consumption of albacore tuna.[ 2 ] HealthLink BC and Health Canada have set different ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, December 2009
... of overall mortality when compared to non-AF patients.[ 2 ] AF is estimated to affect nearly 2.5 million Americans and 4.5 million Europeans.[ 3 - 4 ] ... the number of patients with AF is likely to increase 2.5-fold over the next 40 years, reflecting the growing ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2009
... the editor-in-chief of a different journal 10 years ago.[ 2,3 ] It is a good idea to have in place a written consent ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD May 2009
... spare tire can raise insulin levels, furthering type 2 diabetes. This in turn is closely linked to dementia and ...
News / BY: Patricia Janssen, PhD September 2009
... a new master of public health (MPH) degree. The MPH is a 2-year non-thesis degree. It consists of 21 core course ...
News / BY: Steve Wharry, March 2009
... but are seeking more training in specific areas. The 2.5-day courses are offered throughout the year and feature ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, PhD July/August 2009
... Relevance of the educational content to rural physicians.[ 2-4 ] • Opportunities for innovative ap­proaches to ... (1) clinical learning need areas/preferred CPD content, (2) preferred content delivery methods, and (3) strategies for ... preferred by GPs and specialists are shown in  Table 2 . Interprofessional education was also included in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Dan MacCarthy, MB, BCh, BAO, November 2009
... time off. Chronic Disease Management Learning Module Table 2  presents the percentage of physicians who agreed with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Aneez Mohamed, MD, FRCPC, May 2009
... related to the clinical endpoint of interest.[ 2 ] Surrogate endpoints have been used in numerous recent ... validity of a surrogate endpoint, Boissel and colleagues[ 2 ] described three re­quirements that must be met. The ... arterial walls. Using B-mode ultrasonography (see  Figure 2 ), the combined thickness of the intima and media can be ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Tom Kosatsky, MD, MPH September 2009
... hospital admissions, 8763 emergency department visits, and 2 526 900 minor illnesses related to air pollution during ...