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MDs To Be / BY: Azzra Mangalji, MD October 2019
... and improve outcomes at all levels of the system.”[ 1 , 2 ] Thus far, the medical community has started to adopt ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD May 2019
... 44% of those who died were employed at the time of death.[ 2 , 3 ] The National Institute for Occupational Safety and ... a schedule of opioid follow-up reviews. During the past 2 years WorkSafeBC content experts have been delivering an ... the following evening workshops, with dinner included: 2 May in Kelowna 24 May in Nanaimo 31 May in Prince George 20 ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC December 2019
... breast cancer risk for more than a decade after use.”[ 2-4 ] These headlines might entice readers, but they ... reads, “double the risk of dying” (a relative risk of 2.0) might actually be referring to an absolute risk of 1% going up to 2%. In this UK study, the relative risk conveys how often the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David J. Rhine, MD, FRCPC March 2019
... arose from the Berlin Conference of October 2016;[ 1 , 2 ] and the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation’s Guidelines for ... of activity at which symptoms appear and peak no more than 2 out of 10 above their baseline symptoms. The doctor can ...
News June 2019
... oligometastatic cancers (SABR-COMET): A randomised, phase 2, open-label trial,” was published in The Lancet . It is ...
News October 2019
... on patients with higher acuity levels (triage level 1, 2, or 3). During the first year of the study period, two ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2019
... research into maintaining personhood in dementia.[ 2 ] He concluded that personhood is “a standing or status ...
News May 2019
... 7 May 2019, 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. GPSC Billing Part 2: Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Space is ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lauri McCoy MD, CFPC July/August 2019
... does not fully regain their pre-exacerbation baseline.[ 2 ] Retrospective studies have shown that a hospitalization ... correlates with a 1-year mortality of 10% to 25%.[ 2 ] Each additional hospitalization compounds this ... of daily living and predicts a 50% mortality in 5 years.[ 2 ] If we add the stepwise trajectory of the normal course of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) November 2019
... the elderly and by those with certain medical conditions.[ 2 ] In persons over 65, falls rank first among causes of ... with an estimated 20% of these attributable to stair use.[ 2 , 3 ] These figures may underestimate the burden of ... to the risk of traumatic brain injury or hip fracture.[ 2 ] Risky behavior There are several high-risk behaviors that ...