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Obituaries / BY: Ann Skidmore, MBChB, FRCPC September 2020
... his personality.   Angus was born in London, England, on 7 May 1929, the first child of Blodwen Rae (née Williams), a ... and other members of the team, he ran the renal unit for 7 years before taking on his first partner, Dr Clifford ... antics and mischievous humor.  Angus spent the last 7 years of his life in Victoria with Ann, enjoying frequent ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Antonia Hyman, MSc April 2020
... authorities in 2015[ 6 ] and by Doctors of BC in 2019.[ 7 , 8 ] The declaration commits health care professionals and ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Sonny Thiara, MD October 2020
... BC has approximately 13.4% of the Canadian population,[ 7 ] on 20 March 2020, the province recorded 29.0% (n = 271) of Canada’s COVID-19 cases and 66.7% (n = 8) of the country’s COVID-19 deaths.[ 8 ] However, ... 3.6% of the population, compared with 10.9% in Ontario and 7.9% in Quebec.[ 9 ] Hospital admission rates, which may ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Derin Karacabeyli, MD July/August 2020
... preintervention and the postintervention surveys (67%) and 7 completed the preintervention survey only (33%). Six FPs ... annual BMI tracking for all pediatric patients (from 7% preintervention to 29% postintervention). Qualitative ... size, the lack of completed postintervention surveys from 7 of 21 participating physicians, and a short intervention ...
Premise / BY: H.M.K. McGillivray, BSc December 2020
... most 50% of increased survival of patients with cancer.[ 7 ] The decline in deaths from lung cancer can be directly ... to fewer people smoking[ 8 ] and advances in treatment.[ 7 ] Although we certainly have not won “the war on ... and treatment in Canada rose from $2.9 billion in 2005 to $7.5 billion in 2012.[ 9 ] Additional insights into how much ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Matthew D. Burkey, MD, PhD, MPH January/February 2020
... priority actions identified in the consensus statement[ 7 ] developed after the ACEs Summit 2017: (1) promote ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Li Rita Zhang, MPH September 2020
... vary based on geographic location,[ 6 ] demographics,[ 7 , 8 ] and socioeconomic status.[ 9 , 10 ] To provide local ... was consistent with more current published data.[ 7 ] The most materially deprived groups of women (50 to 69 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David Sanders, MD June 2020
... anorexia, weight loss, and gastrointestinal bleeding.[ 7 ] Monoclonal gammopathy is found in 27% to 36% of ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Jan Hajek, MD November 2020
... its origins traced back to pig farms in North America.[ 7 ] Swine and other animal influenza viruses When viruses ... the new virus that caused the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.[ 7 ] Experts agree it is a question of when, not if, another ...
Letters / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2020
... referenced a meta-analysis of supplemental ultrasound[ 7 ] in order to report the increased cancer detection of this ...