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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2017
... since late 2015. In 2016, 303 cases were reported (6.4 cases per 100 000 population); 209 cases have been reported ... with skin and wound infections.[ 2,3 ] Over 1 in 4 cases in 2016 reported being homeless/underhoused, another recognized risk factor.[ 4 ] Varicella infection has been associated with a fiftyfold ...
Premise / BY: Kevin Wade, CD, MD, CCFP March 2017
... registration. Recent criticism of the privileging project[ 4 ] focused on the inherent flaws of minimum-volume ... acute for new physicians working as locums. In the 4 months since I completed residency, I have received more ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Travis Holyk, MA, EdD November 2017
... poverty, and mistrust of the health care system.[ 4 ] Individuals who live on reserve in rural northern areas ... indicated a CSFS clinic was their primary care home (mean 4.33, SD 1.14) and patients who used CSFS clinics on a ... who used CSFS clinics on a walk-in basis (mean 5.00, SD 4.01):  F (1, 26.28) = 6.54,  P  = .01. These results ...
Editorials / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD December 2017
... the one who needed the spelling lesson.  After just 4 weeks on the job I became famous. A politician from the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maya Ignaszewski, MD January/February 2017
... intensities on resting, working, and maximum heart rates.[ 4 ] He found that training at an intense level will cause a ... of moderate- to vigorous-intensity aerobic activity 3 to 4 days a week is recommended.[ 8 ] With the recent increase ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM May 2017
... girls in September 2016 and has replaced the use of the 4-valent vaccine for all aspects of the BC program, including ... warts, anal cancer, and precancerous lesions.[ 3 , 4 ] As for girls, a schedule of only two doses given 6 months ... were also assessed for efficacy. Clinical trials of HPV 4-valent vaccine in 16- to 26-year-old females and males, as ...
Letters / BY: Brandon M. Theriault July/August 2017
... using the PTSD Checklist Event-Specific Version (PCL-S).[ 4 ] While there may be some relation to high rates of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark W. Tyndall, MD, ScD, FRCPC March 2017
... to address the high rates of opioid prescriptions.[ 4 ] Although the standards are directed primarily at reducing ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc October 2017
... relief for infections that do not need antibiotics. 4. When they are prescribed, I pledge to take antibiotics as ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD April 2017
... or tablet for legal and documentation purposes.[ 4 ] Smartphone applications, such as airRx, may be a useful ...