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WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM July/August 2017
... in international occupational disease literature.[ 1,2,4 ]  ICD is a nonimmunologic response to chemicals or ... cutting oils, degreasers, friction, and wet work.[ 1-4 ] ICD can present both acutely from a caustic exposure, and ... medications, such as neomycin and corticosteroids.[ 4 ] Symptom inquiry includes the pattern for the onset of ...
News / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD March 2017
... and Canada. He arrived in Fort Nelson in 1966 to take on a 4-month locum and stayed 50 years. His in-depth historical ...
News / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP October 2017
... disability insurance at no cost to students for all 4 years of medical school. In addition to the debate on ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Agatha Jassem, PhD, (D)ABMM, FCCM December 2017
... to decrease HIV RNA levels to reduce transmission.[ 3,4 ]   Immediately after HIV infection there is an eclipse ... throughout BC for HIV screening, detect infections about 4 to 5 days earlier than the older, third-generation assays ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rinette Badker, MSc January/February 2017
... at high risk of experiencing psychiatric illness.[ 4 ]  A brief history of mindfulness Buddhism first emerged ... a randomized controlled trial[ 3 ] that saw only 18.4% of subjects in the treatment group experiencing relapse ...
News April 2017
... barriers to filling prescriptions. In contrast, fewer than 4% of the populations in most other comparable countries ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS July/August 2017
... medical evidence are also accredited. For example, the 4-hour Finding Medical Evidence workshop is currently ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joshua Budlovsky, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... 22.2 at the hip) and most recent measurement (T score 22.4) were not in the osteoporotic range, you refer to the World ... fragility fracture by approximately 50% over the next 3 to 4 years. You decide to measure her BMD now and again in 3 ... in our aging population. Osteoporosis occurs in 1 in 4 women and 1 in 8 men over the age of 50 and affects ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Oleksandr Butskiy, MD October 2017
... with forehead swelling 2 weeks after he had experienced 4 days of upper respiratory tract infection with symptoms of ... a rapid decrease in facial swelling over 2 days ( Figure 4 ). He was treated with nasal xylometazaline for only 72 ... rhinosinusitis are indistinguishable from adenoiditis.[ 4 ] Adenoiditis is the sole diagnosis in up to 10% of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katalin Balogh, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2017
... 82% for detecting mild cognitive impairment.[ 4 ] MoCA results can be affected by the patient’s language ... for patients with cognitive decline at this time.[ 6 ] 4. Comprehensive geriatric assessment can add value if the ... accepted guidelines but is not necessary in all cases. (4) Comprehensive geriatric assessment can add value if the ...