BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 /
BY: Caren Rose, PhD, MSc
June 2020
... required critical care. The crude case fatality rate was 5%, with age-specific rates ranging from 0.8% among ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Lisa J. Zhang
November 2020
... (RR 1.53; 95% CI, 1.06-2.21) than were coffee abstainers.[ 5 ] Furthermore, a randomized controlled trial that assigned ... highest quartile (2.3 servings/day) had an 18% (95% CI, 5%-30%) lower probability of clinical pregnancy and a 26% ... such as tuna, shark, marlin, and swordfish to 150 g or 5 oz per month.[ 44 ] The effects of mercury on the male and ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
September 2020
... to Canadian First Nations communities, they ranked 63rd.[ 5 ] These statistics, while tragic, are not new. I think that ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Kelsey D.M. Kozoriz, MSc, MD, CCFP
December 2020
... cost of a healthy diet has been estimated to be at least 5 times more expensive than one that is made up primarily of ... nutritional and diet supports for some patients.[ 5 ] HealthLink BC also offers telephone and email support ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Drona Rasali, PhD, FACE
May 2020
... definitions revealed multimorbidity prevalence rates of 26.5% and 24.8% in Canada and BC, respectively, in 2011/12.[ 5 ] While these Canadian and BC prevalence rates are ... BC. The chronic diseases with identified case definitions[ 5 , 6 ] selected for the multimorbidity indicator are: Asthma ...
Premise /
BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC
March 2020
... able to guess what another person is thinking at about 5 months of age, according to child psychology. But what ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Abigail Steinberg, MD
November 2020
... E acetate was detected in both broncho-alveolar lavage[ 5 ] (BAL) and vaping products[ 6 ] used by some US cases. In ...
Billing Tips /
BY: Nick Szpakowicz, MD
April 2020
... Conditions of appointment Candidates must: Have a minimum 5 years’ experience in the applicable specialty. Be an ... the medical inspector’s city (length varies from 3 to 5 days). Work as part of a team with members of the Billing ...
Back Page, COVID-19 /
BY: Kristina Jenei, BSN
September 2020
... of Ebola virus in some affected communities.”[ 5 ] They concluded that cultural considerations were just as ... was our understanding of the dynamics of transmission. On 5 April 2020, hundreds of members of the Orthodox Jewish ...