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Clinical Articles / BY: Aaron Talsky, MD, January/February 2011
... war zone injury.[ 2 ] In the US, approximately 2 million people will sustain a TBI each year, one-quarter of whom will ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD January/February 2011
... million. If we extrapolate from US data,[ 1 ] about 25000 people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in BC each ... and released from an emergen­cy department. The number of people with TBI who are not seen in a hospital or emergency ... discussion on concussion attended by close to 40 people. Clearly, there is a broad-based willingness to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jack Teng, PhD, April 2011
... expanding human population and economic growth. More people are recreating and working in the human-wildlife ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Kur, MD, FRCPC, ABIM April 2011
... 66.7% of respondents work in a region of more than 500000 people, while another 12.5% practise in a region of 300000 to 499999 people ( Figure 2 ).  Data were also collected on the amount ... recommends a ratio of one rheumatologist for every 75000 people (oral communication with the Hu­man Resources ...
Council on Health Promotion April 2011
... of activity 5 days per week). As doctors, we see the people who are most at risk for these conditions and we need ...
Clinical Articles May 2011
... disease is relatively common, affecting up to 1 in 5000 people. Mitochondrial dysfunction secondary to other disease ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sandra Sirrs, MD, FRCPC, May 2011
... manifestations (or no manifestations at all) in different people. Epidemiology of mitochondrial diseases  Primary ... disorders of the respiratory chain affect up to 1 in 5000 people and are much more common than previously realized.[ 4 ... disease is actually common and affects hundreds of people in Bri­tish Columbia, including some members of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2011
... in the 10 highly endemic states in US is 29.2 per 100000 people,[ 9 ] indicating important differences in both disease ... the cause of this syndrome and therapeutic options for people who are suffering from its debilitating symptoms. ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jeffrey R. Brubacher, MD, July/August 2011
... users tend to overestimate their im­pairment whereas people who used alcohol underestimate theirs.[ 2-4 ]  ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, July/August 2011
... know which ones they are. • Get moving—active people have re­duced stress levels and more energy. ...