Clinical Articles /
BY: Stephan F. van Eeden, MD, PhD, FRCP,
April 2008
... be the third leading cause of death worldwide by 2020.[ 1 ] A recent study showed that the prevalence of COPD in ... in managing more severe cases of COPD ( Table 1 ). An ideal stepwise approach would involve family ...
News&Notes /
BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla
July/August 2008
... members from $800 to $880 per day; to be effective July 1, 2008.” After some questions and discussion, this motion ...
News /
BY: James A. Wilson, MD
October 2008
... for Humanitarian Medicine, 2007. ISBN 987-88-902020-1-7. Hardcover. $30. To order, e-mail contact@iahm.org . ...
News
March 2008
Passport Canada announced a new guarantor policy on 1 October 2007 that allows most adult Canadian passport ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Helen Novak Lauscher, PhD
May 2008
... into the health care system and a link to secondary care.[ 1 ] As the medical professional who initiates ... specific cancer information during a patient visit. Table 1 describes the typical cancer-related support family ...
News
September 2008
... or join the Winners Walk of Hope is invited to call 1 877 413-7970 or visit www.ovariancanada.org or ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Anne R. Synnes, MDCM, FRCPC, MHSc,
November 2008
... accepted from 26 weeks’ gestational age (GA) on.[ 1 ]-[ 3 ] By contrast, initial resuscitation and management ... at 22 weeks plus 0 days to 25 weeks plus 6 days between 1 April 1999 and 31 March 2006. Standardized data are ... each week GA for all births and live births (see Table 1 ). There were only two survivors at 22 weeks’ GA and 9 ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
January/February 2008
... but only 9% said they had actually done that.[ 1 ] A 2001 study of patients with chronic illness showed ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP
April 2008
... compared with adiposity to mortality in older adults.[ 1 ] An association was found between mortality and ... one increase physical activity by the equivalent of 1 mile a day. This is close to moving from the unfit to fit ...
ICBC /
BY: Tanya Heuchert, BA, LLB,
June 2008
... accessible, and affordable for the general public.[ 1 ] Over the past number of years, the task force has been ...