Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
December 2015
... when large amounts of contaminated fish are eaten.[ 4 ] Canned tuna contains relatively low levels of mercury ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: David Brooks, MD,
January/February 2015
... 855 476-3049, Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. —David A. Brooks, MD, Dip Sport Med, CIME ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC
October 2015
... appropriate investigative and management considerations.[ 4 ] The medical literature of the early 1970s went further, ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME
April 2014
... porter, but is able to perform the sedentary job desk job. 4. Your patient has submitted a WorkSafeBC claim for ... not from desk work that allows the leg to be elevated. 4. (c) Treat your patient as is medically appropriate. ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Shelley Ross, MD
November 2014
... of family physician obstetrical billers decreased by about 4%.[ 1 ] As prenatal and obstetrical care provided by family ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM
January/February 2014
... with dementia. This number is expected to quadruple to 1.4 million by 2031, according to the Alzheimer Society of ... stress can lead to physical and emotional illness[ 4 ] and burnout, as well as hospitalization and ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Sean McGee, BSc (Hons),
July/August 2014
... care system and public access to medical services.”[ 4 ] Further, although NEJM is an American publication, it ...
Obituaries /
BY: Bill Johnston, MD,
March 2014
... Peggy moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1954 where he spent 4 years attending Wayne State University and Henry Ford ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Murray Trusler, MD, MBA, FCFP, FRRMS,
October 2014
... (apixaban),[ 3 ] and ENGAGE (edoxaban 30 mg and 60 mg).[ 4 ] All four studies used stroke or systemic embolism as the ... arm. ENGAGE, a trial comparing edoxaban to warfarin,4 with a median TTR of 68% had a hemorrhagic stroke rate 9 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Gil Kimel, MSc
June 2014
... In British Columbia, 1% of the population has HF.[ 4-6 ] The mortality rate in patients with HF is high and the ... the opioid can be administered regularly (usually every 4 hours). The oral route is preferred to the subcutaneous ... the patient to 0.5 mg of oral hydromorphone every 4 hours regularly. The hourly PRN dose must remain for ...