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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc November 2010
... resistance following reduced antibiotic prescribing.[ 1 ]  Ten years ago, BC’s provincial health officer ... with the largest reduction among children less than 1 year of age.  Unfortunately, the use of antibiotics with ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD January/February 2010
... the BCMA’s Olympic Torch Relay Team will have run its 1 kilometre trek around Olympic Park in Whistler and be ...
News May 2010
... interviews are scheduled 12 months apart for approximately 1.5 hours each. The Caregiver Study requires no extra work ...
News September 2010
News December 2010
... bodies: What can go wrong and when to refer” ( 2009;51[1]:20-24 ), coauthored with Drs M. Riley and J.P. Ludemann. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel L. Metzger, MD, FAAP, FRCPC January/February 2010
Canada has one of the highest rates of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in the world. The estimated incidence of T1D ... children aged 0 to 14 years is 21.7 per 100000 per year.[ 1 ] Using 2008 census data,[ 2 ] prevalence in this age group ... that a random blood glucose greater than or equal to 11.1 mmol/L in the face of typical symptoms (polyuria, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM April 2010
... diagnosis in British Columbia for such an event.[ 1 ] The Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network (CPHLN;  ... and help minimize impacts.  As shown in  Figure 1 , there were two waves in the pandemic; the first in late ... on the frontlines, we also observed that during pH1N1, 26.1% of samples came with incorrect requisitions, something ...
News June 2010
... 5 tips to give parents to protect their child’s head: 1.  Ensure your children wear a helmet every time they ride. ...
News October 2010
... October—Cranbrook Sunday, 31 October—Nelson  Monday, 1 November—Penticton Wednesday, 3 November—Abbotsford  ...
News January/February 2010
... Leave Program to a full Parental Leave Program effective 1 April 2010. The current Pregnancy Leave Program provides a ... to take a leave from practice beginning on or after 1 April 2010, you can contact Ms Lorie Arlitt, Paren­tal ... can be reached at 604 638-2882, or toll free in BC at 1 800 665-2262 ext. 2882 or by email at  larlitt@bcma.bc.ca ...