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Back Page June 2009
... successful collaboration. Let’s do it again soon. 1. Kicker Rock 2. Blue-footed booby 3. Lans iguana 4. Giant ... with marine iguanas in the background 7. Frigatebird 1. L–R; Mr. Bill MacEwan, Mrs Carole MacEwan, Mrs Nimmi ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Geoffrey W. Cundiff, MD, October 2009
... than 50 years old, is generally done with surgical mesh.[ 1 ] However, the FDA release does not address the sacral ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... of scientific, Hippocratic medicine in BC  [BCMJ 2009;51(1):6] . It is obvious that the government is trying to ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Gregory D. Deans, MD, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2009
... of genes from human, avian, and swine influenza.[ 1 ] In the weeks after swine-origin influenza vi­rus (S-OIV) ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC November 2009
... time in the discussion forum. The course is available from 1 September 2009 to 31 August 2011. There is no charge, but ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Albert W. Chan, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2009
... atherosclerotic disease common in cardiology practice.[ 1,2 ] For the past 3 decades, carotid endarterectomy (CEA) ... high-risk for CEA were considered suitable for CAS [ Table 1 ]. Patients who were at average risk but preferred the less ... technique of CAS has been described previously.[ 1 ] CAS was considered for symptomatic pa­tients who were ...
News May 2009
... is a short-term incentive valid from 27 January 2009 to 1 February 2011. The Canadian Medical Association has ... in an article at www.cma.ca/index.cfm?ci_id=10043190&la_id=1 . News New tax laws for physicians ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2009
... up general practice first in Whitecourt, Alberta, moving 1 year later to Burns Lake, BC, where he remained for 9 ...
News / BY: Ian Pike, PhD December 2009
... of death for British Co­lumbians between the ages of 1 and 44, and claim the lives of more children in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... the estimated glo­merular filtration rate was 67 mL/min/1.73 m2. An electrocardiogram showed sinus rhythm of 77/min, ... in which cross-reactive host antigens are also targeted.[ 1 ] This patient suffered from arthropathy and carditis and ... 20% to 50% in these pa­tients, it is conceivable that 1 in every 5 to 10 positive throat swabs are falsely ...