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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD May 2016
... reduce the number of times I eat out at restaurants from 4 to 2 days per week over the next 3 weeks. It is recommended ... Details can be found on Health Canada’s website.[ 4 ] Physicians can also suggest that patients use a smaller ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jaclyn R. Farquhar, MD July/August 2016
... than double the average increase across Canada (1.7%).[ 4 ] Statistics Canada estimates that in 2011–12 one in four ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC, April 2016
... experience SCD, with a male-to-female ratio of 10:1.[ 3,4 ] In the United States, basketball is the highest risk ... football, swimming, lacrosse, and cross-country skiing.[ 4,5 ] In Europe, soccer has the highest incidence of SCD.[ 6 ... with an African background appear to have increased risk.[ 4 ] The highest risk athletes, irrespective of ethnicity, are ...
News / BY: Salima Abdulla, BSc June 2016
... for blood donations because the need is ongoing. Less than 4% of eligible Canadians give blood, yet half of Canadians ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC December 2016
... about 850 lung cancer deaths each year in that province.[ 4 ] Mitigating radon exposure Radon exposure can be mitigated ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ivana Jakovljevic, MD October 2016
... Discussion An estimated 12.6% of children and youth age 4 to 17—almost 84 000 young British Columbians—are ... approximately one in five BC children age 0 to 17 (20.4%) are living in poverty,[ 3 ] and the numbers are ... bank last year in BC, with 31% of users being children.[ 4 ] Furthermore, families with the fewest economic resources ...
News May 2016
... equipment. The program will pilot over a 3-month period (4 April to 29 June 2016). Transfer appointments are currently ...
News July/August 2016
Letters / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2016
... following errant injections along the lateral arm.[ 2-4 ] Although subcutaneous injections should, in theory, avoid ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC November 2016
... in fractures, heart disease, cancer, or dementia.[ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ] The synergy of nutrients and related substances ... is no evidence of benefit for disease prevention[ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ] and no indication for routine screening for ...