Clinical Articles /
BY: Mazhar Haque, MBBS, FRACP,
May 2010
... improved technical aspects of transplant surgery, the 1-year survival rates were not above 35% in the 1960s and ... with a landmark paper reporting 11 of 12 patients alive 1 year post-transplant on cyclosporine-based immunosuppresion.[ 1 ] The availability of tacrolimus as an alternative to ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: E. Lyle Gross, MD,
July/August 2010
... Guidelines recommend removal from sports for at least 1 week while signs and symptoms of concussion continue, and ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP
November 2010
... please contact WorkSafeBC’s prevention branch at 1 888 621-7233. For more information For further information ... regarding asbestosis, contact Sami Youakim, MD, at 1 250 881-3490. —Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP, WorkSafeBC ...
News /
BY: Jeremy Daniels,
March 2010
... estimated that 35% of Canadians experience chronic pain.[ 1 ] The book is organized into 12 chapters, each on a ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Robert Young, MD,
June 2010
... as well as with patients and their caregivers at a 1-day workshop, Attachment and Integration: Collaboration at ... for patients and lower costs to the health care system.[ 1 ] Since the challenge of attaching patients to practices ...
Editorials /
BY: Bassam A. Masri, MD, FRCSC
October 2010
... and nonoperative management, all the articles in Part 1 of this theme issue pave the way for the articles in Part ... Guest editorial: Osteoarthritis of the hip and knee, Part 1: Pathogenesis and nonsurgical management ...
Letters /
BY: Michael Frimer, MD,
January/February 2010
... extended to all other BCMA members (those under 65 as of 1 April 2008). So, now you know. I encourage you and all ...
Obituaries /
BY: W. James Corbett, MD,
April 2010
... his sister Ena. George’s other sister, Kay, passed away 1 week before his celebration of life. —W. James Corbett, ...
Editorials /
BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG
July/August 2010
... to feel safe This is an expansion of observation number 1. Patients who present with minor symptoms may be apologetic ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC
November 2010
... as $12.6 billion in financial and social costs annually.[ 1 ] Sanctions resulting from conviction are effective in ... the effectiveness of these Criminal Code provisions. 1) The Criminal Code should be amended to authorize police ...