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Clinical Articles / BY: S.E. Lord, MD, April 2010
... every day. Further reductions in the incidence of PT may depend on more sophisticated insights into the ... of an in-depth evaluation of a complex public health issue. In future, data on socioeconomic risks can be used to ... Trauma Association of Canada annual meeting in Ottawa in 2007. The authors are indebted to the British Columbia Trauma ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn J. Borugian, PhD, December 2009
... breast screening program.[ 10 ] Methods In November 2007, surveys were mail­ed to 5140 family physicians in ... women The perception that mammography is painful was the issue most often mentioned by patients (24%) in response to a ... we did not survey gynecologists or other specialists who may recommend mammography more or less than family ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Osman S. Ipsiroglu, MD, MAS, MBA, November 2008
... meeting, Meet the Needs, Close the Gaps, on 25 June 2007, at BCCH. Members of the clinical research team, guest ... The burden of care for the caregivers of these children may be so heavy that they are forced to request alternate ... Canada, nor has sleep been identified as a public health issue, which has to be addressed in a structured way. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, June 2008
... from COPD itself.[ 26 , 27 ]  Like CKD, part of this risk may be due to a commonality of risk factors, but after ... However, two studies from 2002 directly addressed this issue.  A large meta-analysis by Salpeter and colleagues ... and modification. Recognizing the problem As of 1 July 2007 the population of British Columbia was estimated to be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nathan A. Hoag, BSc, October 2008
... cancer), with an estimated 22300 cases and 4300 deaths in 2007. Approximately one in eight men will eventually develop ... future prostate cancer screening directions, though it may be several years before results are published and ... do cover the PSA test for screening ( Table 2 ).[ 21 ] The issue of PSA testing coverage by MSP has been a topic of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC June 2007
For this theme issue on pandemic influenza, we assembled a panel of experts ... random occurrences and no one knows when another pandemic may occur. Influenza viruses replicate at a rapid and ... are a particular concern: since 2003 and as of 3 May 2007, 59 countries on three continents have been affected, ...
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