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Clinical Articles / BY: Heather E. Cadenhead, BKin January/February 2018
... the home, the workplace, and sporting activity sites.[ 2 ] While Canada has a similar proportion of sport-related ... it is unclear which sports are primarily responible.[ 2 ] Reports of previous studies have not provided details ... used, if any, and attitudes toward eye protection.[ 2 ] Further research in this area could have important ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carla Pajak, MD, FRCSC September 2018
... as outlined in the Tokyo guidelines ( Table 1 ).[ 2 ] However, research has shown convincingly that early ... Of these, 59 (97%) underwent cholecystectomies and 2 (3%) had drainage procedures. This left 74 patients (55%) ... to that seen at other Fraser Health sites ( Figure 2 ). After the educational intervention, 129 patients ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: David Unger, MD December 2018
... opioids for chronic pain—United States, 2016,”[ 2 ] and in the same year the “Prescribing principles” ...
Letters / BY: Melissa Carr, DrTCM, BSc January/February 2018
... 700 of those accidental, according to Health Canada.[ 2 ] Unfortunately, letters like this provoke physicians to ...
Letters / BY: Evert Tuyp, MD, FRCPC June 2018
... resume, just by attending as little as a 1- to 2-week or longer course or training and/or doing some ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kara Solmundson, MD, CCFP (SEM), Sport Med Dip, MSc April 2018
... eliminated, 80% of all heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes, and 40% of cancers would be prevented.[ 1 ] ... treatment and prevention in 25 chronic conditions.[ 2 ] Exercise follows a dose response curve, with greater ... week, premature deaths of Canadians would decrease 30%.[ 2 ] From a population health perspective, significantly ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC May 2018
... confirmed) reported in BC ( Figure ). From 2004 to 2010, 2.7 LGV cases, on average, were reported each year. During ... proportion z test. Data were analyzed using R-Studio 3.2.1 (RStudio Inc, Boston MA). A P value of < .05 was ... possible. The positivity rate for LGV was highest at 51.2% in 2011, the same year routine LGV testing of positive ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi July/August 2018
... care provider and avoid going to a doctor’s office.[ 2 ] This may be due to barriers like transportation ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD September 2018
... of BC adopted similar professional guidelines last year.[ 2 ] I know of physicians who will ask for their patients’ ...
Obituaries / BY: Jeff Purkis, MD December 2018
... year. They traveled to England, where Bob completed 2 years of general surgery and orthopaedics post-grad ...