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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD October 2011
... legumes, and tofu) as well as iron-fortified cereal may also be introduced at this time. Iron from meat sources ... between organic and conventionally produced foods.  In 2006/07, 99% of Canada’s homegrown fruits and vegetables ... as mackerel, swordfish, and tuna. 7. Is sodium really an issue? Yes. Eating a low-sodium diet has been shown to help ...
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 ... to trauma hospitals between 1 January 2001 and 1 December 2006, and ICD-10 codes for an admission diagnosis of PT. ... of an in-depth evaluation of a complex public health issue. In future, data on socioeconomic risks can be used to ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, November 2007
... ratified by the membership a year and a half ago in spring 2006, laid out a new structure for the Physician Master ... membership voted on the new Physician Master Agreement in May of this year, with 95% of those who voted voting in favor ... of services. Included in the polybag with this month’s issue of the  BC Medical Journal  is a Membership Guide to ...
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 ... of Canada ( www.influenza.gc.ca ), where the most recent 2006 version of the national plan can also be found ( ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mario McKenna, MSc, September 2007
... physicians make. Of particular importance is the growing issue of recruitment and retention of academic faculty in ... their degrees between 1976 and 1995 ( table 4 ). This may be one factor contributing to the number of senior ... psychiatrists, who were actively practising medicine in 2006.[ 7 ]  Even though the number of Canadian and IMG ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hiram Mok, MA, MB BCh, BAO, FRCPC March 2007
... through family supports and alternative modalities and may only seek help from a family physician once these efforts ... for patients with physical and psychiatric illnesses, the issue of safety has become especially important. Herbs can ... Data were collected between December 2005 and February 2006 using a standardized questionnaire ( Figure 1 ) to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jill Franklin, BA, December 2006
... a surprisingly high rate of disability.” [3]  Symptoms may worsen over time, and the person may become increasingly ... Fraser Health Acquired Brain Injury Program, 16 March 2006). Since mild traumatic brain injury is associated with ... criminal justice system then becomes involved as a health issue turns into a societal one (written communication, J. ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP May 2006
... excellent article on this topic appears in the 14 March 2006 issue of the CMAJ.) This means we all stand a better chance ... 30 but remain stable thereafter in both men and women. In May 2005, the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) released its ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD July/August 2005
... recruit the doctors we so desperately need. The result of May’s election will ensure that the next 4 years will be ... and will be subject to arbitration as early as 1 February 2006. We all remember what happened to our last “binding” ... We hope that government will want to work with us on this issue. The BCMA and the CMA are looking very closely at this ...
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