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Letters / BY: Paul K.B. Dagg, MD, FRCPC, October 2008
... and NHA (a total of 22 beds for a catchment area of about 1 million people) means that we cannot designate beds for any ...
News March 2008
... and having a baby or planning a pregnancy in the period of 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009? If you are, then it is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Borys Flak, MD, FRCPC, May 2008
... cause of cancer death among nonsmokers in North America.[ 1 ] The incidence in­creases significantly after age 50.  ... screening.  A study by Rabeneck and Paszat[ 3 ] of nearly 1 million screen-eligible Ontario patients age 50 to 59 ... risk is that for every 10 mSv of exposure, a patient has a 1 in 1000 lifetime risk of developing cancer.  This ...
News September 2008
... the CMA web site:  www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/1368/la_id/1.htm  (through selecting “About CMA,” and “Awards ... Ottawa, ON K1G 3Y6, or phone the committee coordinator at 1 800 663-7336 extension 2280. Nominations must be sent to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Osman S. Ipsiroglu, MD, MAS, MBA, November 2008
... sleep is inadequate (e.g., nonrestorative or disturbed).[ 1 ],[ 2 ] This problem has been declared a major public ... that 15 million children are affected by inadequate sleep.1 A Canadian survey also indicates frequent sleep deprivation ... causes. For example, up to 80% of infants younger than 1 year have transient sleep difficulties that are no more ...
Editorials / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2008
This issue—Volume 50, Number 1—marks the beginning of the  British Columbia   Medical ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM April 2008
... million to 500 million cases per year with an estimated 1 million deaths; more than 90% of cases are in sub-Saharan ... Disease Control Laboratory Services, PHSA Further reading 1. Griffith KS, Lewis LS, Mali S, et al. Treatment of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC June 2008
... greatest reduction in alcohol-related driving incidents.[ 1 ]   However, in Canada injured, intox­icated drivers are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert W. Armstrong, MD, PhD, FRCPC, September 2008
... reform to meet the realities of medical practice today.[ 1 , 2 ] In a recent study, the Institute of Medicine noted ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Bill Mackie, MD March 2008
... DC), the adequate intake of sodium each day is: • Age 1 to 3: 1000 mg • Age 4 to 8: 1200 mg • Age 9 to 50: ... of Cardiology, reducing our intake of sodium could lead to 1 million fewer Canadians with hypertension. That, in turn, ...