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News / BY: Erin Higgins, January/February 2016
... the median age of Canadians was 39.9 years, compared to 26.2 years in 1971. Seniors have become the fastest-growing age ...
Obituaries / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2016
... years, followed by a return to Australia for 3 years, and 2 years spent teaching family practice residents through the ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS November 2016
... only picked it up as a communication and information forum 2 years ago. Research shows that more and more people, ...
Premise / BY: A.W. Battison, MD June 2016
... 12% have 24-hour access to an on-call general surgeon.[ 2 ] Therefore, it is vital for rural physicians to have the ...
Obituaries / BY: Christine Arpita, March 2016
... Two Sherpas had to carry her to the nearest airstrip 2 days away so she could be flown to Kathmandu for treatment. ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD May 2016
... the number of times I eat out at restaurants from 4 to 2 days per week over the next 3 weeks. It is recommended that ... US News and World Report for the sixth consecutive year.[ 2 ] Evidence shows that in as little as 2 weeks of following the DASH diet, both systolic and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Gabriel, MD, MSc, CCFP October 2016
... have been shown to result in health disparities,[ 1 , 2 ] with a wealth of evidence indicating that equity, ... and in some community health care clinics. However, only 2.5% of longitudinal care by family physicians takes place in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew Campbell, MD, FRCPC September 2016
Over the past 2 decades the survival of pediatric patients after surgery ... having normal function and a good anatomic repair.[ 2 ] Over this same period, centres experienced with ... atrial-level repairs achieved early mortality rates of 2% to 3%. However, 25 years later it appears that the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS January/February 2016
... for general surgeons because of an aging population,[ 1,2 ] 28.3% of Canadian graduates in general surgery are unable ... 19 events: OR time scheduled when a surgeon was on call (2 events), OR time scheduled post-call (5 events), and full ... holiday. Vernon Jubilee Hospital had a mean (SD) of 10.2 (8.2) preimplementation events and 3.2 (1.2) ...
Letters / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2016
... following errant injections along the lateral arm.[ 2-4 ] Although subcutaneous injections should, in theory, ...