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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc November 2016
... declines in the average cost of a prescription (−10.4%) were of the same order of magnitude as increases in population (+10.4%) over the decade, so these effects tend to cancel each ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew Campbell, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... to have a failed or failing Fontan circulation,[ 4 ] and as a result are candidates for the more contemporary ... atrial septal defect occluders come in sizes ranging from 4 to 40 mm, with retention discs that are 8 to16 mm larger ... of a fistula commonly involves a vascular plug ( Figure 4 ). Relieving obstructions Relieving obstructions in native ...
Letters / BY: Aidan Byrne, MD, FCFP, April 2016
... in underuse of beneficial medication in the elderly.[ 3,4 ] In closing, the foregoing suggests to me that older, ...
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 ...
Letters / BY: Ashley Roberts, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2016
... is a great deal of controversy around these decisions.[ 2-4 ] Although several studies have reported that oseltamivir ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...