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Clinical Articles / BY: Pratibha Reebye, MBBS, FRCPC, May 2007
... Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) [ 1]  or the  Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mario McKenna, MSc, September 2007
... Schools or the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.[ 1 ] Since the 1970s, Canada has depended on IMG physicians ... a UBC Department of Psychiatry faculty appointment ( table 1 ). This is consistent with the general proportions of IMG ...
Clinical Articles / BY: William J. Kierans, BA, MA March 2007
... study we presented birth weight by gestational age charts [1]  based on live birth registrations and notices of birth ... presented earlier for birth weight by gestational age, [1]  these charts provide physicians and other health care ... presented here are based on records of live births from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2000. Records with missing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patty Daly, MD, FRCPC June 2007
... have been no reported cases among visiting tourists. [1]  More than 10 years after it was first identified, H5N1 ... • The incubation period for influenza A is short (1 to 3 days). • Individuals are usually infectious 1 day before the onset of symptoms. • Most people with ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM November 2007
... stimulated by the National Immunization Strategy [1]  in 2004, and federal funding for provincial and ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: J. Robinson, MD, May 2007
... body conditioning enhances the rehabilitation process. [1]  They also point out that relative rest of the injured ...
Letters / BY: Randall F. White, MD, September 2007
... such decisions “simply would not be made in Canada.”[ 1 ]  Certainly we could all use more resources, but private ...
News / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG December 2007
... Hospital for Sick Children, comes in two parts. Part 1 comprises 23 chapters on topics in maternal fetal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Dafna Rippel, MD, MAH, January/February 2007
... homocysteine (Hcy) are associated with atherosclerosis. [1]  He noted high prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia in ... of other causes of hyperhomocysteinemia (see  Table 1 ) are known to be proven risk factors for vascular disease, ... clinical trials. Competing interests None declared. Table 1. Causes of elevated homocysteine levels.   Chronic ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Bill Mackie, MD June 2007
... obesity will cost the province—all of us—about $1 billion in less than 10 years. The good news is that ...