Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
April 2007
... community (including Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates [1] ) has expressed concern that a decline in science skills ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Paul Ian Steinberg, MD, FRCPC,
July/August 2007
... at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton. [1] The psychiatric day treatment program (DTP) consists of ... who has been living in a common-law relationship for 1 year. Although well educated and relatively articulate in ... in his leaving. Adam was treated with risperidone (1 mg q.h.s). This was followed by a complete cessation of his ...
Premise /
BY: Deborah Lynn Zutter, LLB, LLM,
November 2007
... consequences and the long-term implications of decisions. [1] The contractual commitment not to litigate is ...
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 ...
Premise /
BY: Faith E. Hayman, LLB, BA, BEd
April 2006
... In a leading BC decision, Warrington v. Great-West , [1] the BC Court of Appeal quoted the following passage in ... time,” it is wise for an action to be commenced within 1 year of when proof of loss was submitted or 1 year from the date benefits were terminated. Rehabilitation ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP
July/August 2006
... and hospitalizations and hence reduce health care costs. [1,2] With respect to diabetes, this means that health care ... are much lower than those reported for nondiabetics. [1-8] The reason for lower scores for diabetics is probably ... amputations, symptomatic hyperglycemia, and hypoglycemia. [1-4,6,9-23] All these things have been associated with ...