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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Karen Rideout, PhD, January/February 2014
... food insecurity have poorer school performance,[ 7 ] and having not learned healthy eating habits in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mariana Brussoni, PhD, October 2014
... which in turn are linked with higher mortality rates.[ 7 ] Of concern are age-related changes in physical and ... average, than younger male motorcyclists (9.9 days versus 7.0 days; z = 6.07, P < .001). Using the iDOT database, we ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kristy Cho, MD, FRCSC May 2014
... method of diagnosis for breast lesions found on imaging.[ 7 ] European guidelines in 2006 suggested that at least 90% ... biopsy is still higher than 10% in North America.[ 1 , 5 , 7 ] After a diagnosis of breast cancer is confirmed by ... disease. Ductal and lobular carcinoma were diagnosed in 88.7% of the CNB group versus 68.1% of the surgically diagnosed ...
Letters December 2014
... of embolism increases nearly fourfold at an INR of 1.4-1.7; risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) increases similarly ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH September 2014
... to 90%.3 Since 2008 uptake rates have increased by only 7%, and in the past 3 years by only 1%, indicating a plateau ... commitment to prevent HPV-associated cancers and disease.[ 7 ] —Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH Vaccine Educator, ...
Premise / BY: Siavash Jafari, MD, MHSc, FRCPC March 2014
... for instance, the rate of smoking among students in grades 7 to 12 was 8.7%, whereas the rate of abusing painkillers was 15.2% (opioid ... ensuring safe prescription practices among clinicians.[ 7 ] The US CDC recommends that prescription drug monitoring ...
News / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD November 2014
... a semi-retired GP living in New Westminster. For the last 7 years he has contributed to global warming by burning the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jessica A. Otte, MD, CCFP, July/August 2014
... adverse effects, but further research is necessary.[ 7 ] Role of immunocompromise Testing for immunocompromised ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Kenmau Chow, MD, April 2013
... mental status exam, physical findings, PHQ-9 or GAD-7 scores, potential for self-harm or harm to others, and past ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rana S. A. Khan, MBBS, January/February 2013
... in duration of hospital stay. The 2006 UK NICE review[ 7 ] confirmed findings about operating time and hospital ...