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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sergei Likhodii, PhD, DCC, FCACB June 2018
... respiratory depression at very small doses.[ 1 ] Fentanyl and derivatives are now found in mixtures sold ... by as low as 0.001 atomic mass units (amu), compared to 1 amu for conventional instruments, and allows for detection ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jenny M. Young, MSW, MA July/August 2018
... use of negotiated risk agreements in assisted living),[ 1 ] specific circumstances (e.g., choices of competent ... be construed as intended primarily to protect facilities.[ 1 ] So how can complex cases involving risks be evaluated ...
Clinical Articles / BY: F. Michelle Sutter, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... of recurrence by two-thirds and can improve survival.[ 1 ] The decision to recommend adjuvant radiation is ... one breast cancer death for every four local recurrences.[ 1 ] There is now evidence that older patients with small ... the radiation therapy recommended following BCS.[ 13 ] On 1 November 2012 the BC Cancer Centre for the North opened in ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD November 2018
... incidents) in 2013 ranged from $547 to $922 million.[ 1 ] Dr Richardson’s editorial in the same issue asked for ... states the following: “An increase in average speed of 1 km/h typically results in a 3% higher risk of a crash ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc September 2018
... preferred source of health information for many people.[ 1 ] Last year, the CMA’s General Council passed a ... survey responses at face value, it means there are over 1.3 million British Columbian adults who are physically ... 4 ] A large study by Kaiser Permanente involving almost 1.8 million patients found that by promoting the systematic ...
Letters / BY: Trana Hussaini, PharmD January/February 2018
... Health Canada from providing any safety or efficacy data.[ 1 ] The Natural Health Products (NHPs) Regulations were then ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andy Jiang, BSc December 2018
... which resulted in nearly 6 million years of life lost.[ 1 ] Though Canadian national data are sparse and incomplete, ... visits in 2010 alone, costing the nation an estimated $1.26 billion.[ 2 ] In British Columbia, drug poisonings have ... (5.8 per 100 000) and the 75 and above age group (6.1 per 100 000) having the highest self-harm poisoning ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD June 2018
... health, attributing causality is much more challenging.[ 1 ] A recent meta-analysis revealed compelling evidence of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amie Padilla-Thornton, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... shown to correlate with the presence of breast cancer.[ 1 ] Breast pain that is persistent, noncyclical, unilateral, ... College of Radiology (ACR) and summarized in ( Table 1 ), provides standardized descriptions of findings that ... Patients with imaging studies categorized as BI-RADS 1 (negative) or BI-RADS 2 (conclusively benign) do not ...
Letters / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD October 2018
... the article about early Canadian ships’ surgeons [1959;1:103-116]. The lengthy story was written by one of the ...