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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Emily Peterson, MPH May 2017
... events will increase morbidity and mortality.[ 3 , 5 , 7 ] Warmer water will lead to the proliferation and range ...
Premise / BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd November 2017
... stay, where his 30 devoted students kept vigil 24-7. Dr Mathew wondered how, despite so many adversities, Mr ...
News / BY: Eric Wong January/February 2017
... an estimated 3.8 million adult Canadians, roughly 13.7% of the adult population, reported being limited in their ...
News June 2017
... general population (a 12% to 13% risk in black men vs a 7% to 9% risk in the general population). An accompanying ...
Premise / BY: Andrew Kotaska, MD December 2017
... the US were $24 000—triple the Canadian costs of $8000.[ 7,8 ] The proposed compromise would keep this money at home, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leo Lai, MD, FRCPC April 2017
... or underrepresent frail older adults with multimorbidity.[ 7 ] This means the recommendations may not apply to older ... 2013 guidelines recommend a target HbA1c level of 7.1% to 8.5% for patients with limited life expectancy, a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: E. Pharo, BSc November 2017
... anthropophaga , and a number of other species.[ 3 , 7 ] While the majority of these organisms are found in ... fly lays its eggs on cattle hair in the summer, and 4 to 7 days later the larvae hatch and crawl down the hair to ... and on rare occasions, as in this case,  Hypoderma .[ 1 , 7 ] Larvae are brought into contact with the skin by exposure ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Perminder Bains, MD, FRCPC January/February 2017
... pacemaker was developed by engineer Rune Elmqvist.[ 6,7 ] It consisted of two transistors and was assembled in a ... until his death in 2001 from unrelated causes.[ 7,8 ]  Leadership and legacy In addition to his work in the ... •    Patients are asked to keep the incision dry for 7 days. They may sponge bathe but not shower. •    ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kenneth M. Madden, MD, MSc March 2017
... find a cause for the episode one-quarter of the time.[ 7 ] This diagnostic uncertainty can lead to a multiplicity of ... role in the workup for syncope somewhat uncertain.[ 7 ] The current consensus is that echocardiography should be ... for 24 hours has a low overall diagnostic yield of 7%, but this yield has been found to double if the patient ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2017
... prior 9 years. The case fatality rate among 2016 cases was 7.9% with 24 deaths; one fatal case was in an adolescent and ...