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Obituaries / BY: Michael Golbey, MD March 2016
... of Life will be held on 2 April 2016 (2:00 p.m. to 5:00 pm) at Two Eagles Golf Course and Academy, 3509 ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC December 2016
... vaccine coverage provides patient/resident protection.[ 5-9 ] •    The fact that health care workers can and do ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Christine Lukac, MPH October 2016
... risk of syphilis (e.g., those with new sexual partners).[ 5 ] The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) offers testing ...
Letters / BY: Meena Dawar, MD, MHSc, FRCPC April 2016
...  [ 5 ]). The radial nerve courses on the posterior axillary ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Hortense Tabien Nsoh, MD July/August 2016
... is a complex mixture of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), carbon monoxide (CO), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ... formation of ground-level ozone (O 3 ) on sunny days. PM 2.5 is the principal public health threat from short-term smoke ... precipitators can lower indoor concentrations of PM 2.5 and reduce symptoms. Their effectiveness depends on the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Stanger, MD, March 2016
... measures (PROMs) and related them to clinical tests,[ 2-5 ] few of these studies have originated in a nonacademic ... tests for shoulder patients are compared ( Figure 5 ), no correlation is seen. Hip and knee patients Based on ... patients and 11 points for knee patients. We found that 80.5% of hip patients and 68.9% of knee patients achieved this ...
Letters / BY: Michael M. O’Brien December 2016
... good ol’ days. Nary an orphan in sight.” BCMJ 2016:58(5):244 ]. Why are there orphans now when there were none in ... to mid-1960s compared to close to 300 currently. That’s 5 to 6 times as many for a population that has increased only ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Derek Smith, MD, FRCSC November 2016
... but make small contributions to overall incidence.[ 5 , 6 ] The Thompson test is considered to be the most ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Derek Smith, MD, FRCSC September 2016
... 24 per 100 000 person-years.[ 1 ] The injury is 2 to 5 times more common in males, with almost half occurring ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James McKinney, MD, MSc, April 2016
... (SCD) occurred less often in conductors than drivers (0.5/1000 versus 1.1/1000), and the conductors’ CHD were more ... 4 ] and fitness is related to physical activity patterns.[ 5 ] While physical activity can be difficult to estimate, ... between the least fit and the next-to-least fit group.[ 3-5 ] In a study assessing both fitness and physical activity ...