WorkSafeBC /
BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP
January/February 2005
... Hand therapy programs are currently available in 17 communities throughout the Lower Mainland, Vancouver ...
News /
BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS
July/August 2005
... who completed the run on a drizzly Vancouver day on April 17. What is sure to become an annual event was the dinner and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP
May 2005
... proportion of First Nations people in this population. [17,34-36] The World Health Organization defines health as not ... and health care [50] was offered to all adults (age 17 and older) living in the Bella Coola Valley between August ... using a Likert scale. Respondents consisted of adults (age 17 and older) living in British Columbia’s Bella Coola ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS
November 2005
... or cost of care after 1 year of implementing the program. [17] Whether there is truly no benefit, or whether the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Diana Carter, MBBS
March 2005
... been shown to be between 13.6% at 32 weeks gestation and 17% at 35 to 36 weeks gestation (see the Table ). [1,2] ... rates of miscarriage and lower infant birth weights. [17] Psychoses in pregnancy The occurence of new episodes of ... 9028 11.8 13.6 — — 8.1 Josefsson et al. 1158 — — 17 18 13 Pregnancy is generally thought to be a time of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Lesley A. Stevens, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2005
... tested in a US regional commercial laboratory. [17] The higher rate of testing documented in the current ... with reports in other populations and settings. [17,25-28] It is unlikely that these patients have been ... 0.51 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 50 (88) 25 (44) 12 (21) 39 (68) 35 (17) 93 (46) 68 (34) 160 (79) <0.01 0.79 0.07 0.10 Number of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: K. Pielak, RN, MSN
May 2005
... every year in BC: up to 47500 cases of chickenpox, 17 000 physician visits, 172 hospitalizations, and 1 to 2 ... to 10 000 BC residents each year, causing an additional 17 000 MD visits, 524 hospitalizations, and 25 to 30 deaths ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Martha Lou Donnelly, MD, CCFP, FRCPC
November 2005
... disturbances were found: delusions–16%, hallucinations–17%, major depression–24%, mania–3.5%, agitation/aggression–20%, wandering–17%, and apathy–41%. Psychotic symptoms Psychotic symptoms ... report that there are a few well-designed studies. [17] They describe sleep problems in four categories: ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP
March 2005
... physicians to run or walk the Vancouver Sun Run on April 17, or the Victoria Times Colonist 10 K Run on April 24 for ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Galt Wilson, MD, CCFP
September 2005
... communities are served by only 10% of our physicians—17% of our family physicians and 3% of our specialists. ...