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President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD January/February 2010
... the shuffling under the rug of Vancouver’s homeless people, the tremendous cost of hosting the Olym­pic Games at ... but more than anything it’s a call to action to inspire people to be active, be healthy, and eat right. A number of ... can succeed. That’s a great message to inspire our young people today to pursue their dreams. Many athletes are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC March 2010
... after the procedure. The radiation exposure to other people is very low; for example, the total dose of radiation ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, March 2010
... change. “To effect large-scale change, you need to rally people behind a common goal,” he explains.  When he ... to get their agreement to select a common vendor. Some people already had an EMR, some were close to retirement, and ... practice and couldn’t afford it. The more I spoke to people, the more I got confirmation that it was a good idea. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM April 2010
... emphasize the need to improve control of hypertension in people with diabetes. Sixty- five percent of diabetic deaths ... reduction in blood pressure (below 130/80 mm Hg) in people with diabetes leads to significant reductions in ... initial therapy with two antihypertensive drugs for people with diabetes and blood pressure above 150/90 mm Hg.  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mazhar Haque, MBBS, FRACP, May 2010
... cirrhosis (PBC), among British Columbia’s First Nations people.[ 26 ] Patients with autoimmune liver disease may have ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD May 2010
... in December 2008 when I, together with some 6000 people from around the world, heard about a pediatric trauma ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD June 2010
... pooped.  There are genuine politicians out there and people within the ministry who really are interested in what we do and helping us to do it better. Finding those people and working with them has been a real joy, and I hope ... keep perspective and balance.  1. Don’t allow other people’s emergencies to become your emergencies.  2. Life ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Megan Isaac-Renton, BSc, July/August 2010
... hunters, trappers, and those who handle ill wild animals. People working with sheep have been reported to be at high ... infected animal.  Infection can be prevented by educating people at high risk (animal handlers, trappers, and farmers ... and to insect vectors that harbor disease) and encouraging people to avoid exposure to insects in endemic areas. Because ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margot Davis, MD, September 2010
... group.  It provides a risk assessment model for British people of In­dian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, black Caribbean, ... A study by the Framingham group demonstrated that among people free of cardiovascular disease at age 50, the lifetime ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erica Frank, MD, September 2010
... environment, the provincial culture, and the types of people who choose to live in BC.  If such factors were ...