Clinical Articles /
BY: Pierre Leichner, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2005
... good results and improving client satisfaction. [1] The new approach—often referred to as Motivational ... Precontemplation or the Contemplation stage ( Figure 1 ). In our research with youth, we have learned that many ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: K. Pielak, RN, MSN
May 2005
... programs will be introduced: • For infants: Starting 1 June 2005 infants at 2 months of age will be eligible for ... 17 000 physician visits, 172 hospitalizations, and 1 to 2 deaths. Two-thirds of the hospitalizations due to ... • Susceptible infants at 12 months of age: As of 1 January 2005 all infants born on or after January 2004 are ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David A. Wood, MD, FRCPC
October 2005
... and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (DM2). [1-2] While the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study ... greatest impact on preventing CVD in patients with DM2. [1] In this study, 80 patients were randomly assigned to ... total cholesterol levels <4.5 mmol/L, and triglycerides <1.7 mmol/L. In addition, the patients in the intensive ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ian L. Mitchell, MD, FRCP
March 2005
... CR, CK, and AST. • Have the patient take the following: 1. ASA 325 mg STAT and then 81 mg OD. 2. Clopidogrel ...
President's Comment /
BY: Michael Golbey, MD
July/August 2005
... for this third year are set to begin no later than 1 October 2005 and will be subject to arbitration as early as 1 February 2006. We all remember what happened to our last ...
Letters /
BY: Alexander G. Nagy, MD
December 2005
... to provide funding for clinical faculty teaching. [1] Alberta and Ontario have already done so and have given ...
News /
BY: John McCracken, MD
April 2005
... bonding. The current benefit year under the MLBP is 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006. For more information regarding ... Ms Lorie Arlitt MLBP administrator Toll free in BC: 1 800 665-2262, ext. 2882 Direct: 604 638-2882 E-mail: ... Mr Vince Lee Benefits administrator Toll free in BC: 1 800 665-2262, ext. 2808 Direct: 604 638-2808 E-mail: ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
September 2005
... realizing that in such cases medicine is powerless.” [1] While physicians might stay away because a dead patient ... is more allied to madness than to lack of knowledge.” [1] Dying in centuries past was a quick affair, lasting a ...
Letters /
BY: John Sehmer, MD
January/February 2005
... in British Columbia are undertreating osteoporosis. [1] They conclude as a possible solution, “Patients with ... women 65 years or older should undergo repeat DEXA every 1 to 2 years regardless of the results of the initial DEXA ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Duncan Robertson, MD, FRCP, FRCPC
June 2005
... • 20% of seniors with hip fractures die within 1 year, and half of those who recover never regain full ... Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society Guidelines, [1] Prevention of Falls and Injuries Among the Elderly , a ...