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Clinical Articles / BY: Kathleen Eddy, BSc, January/February 2013
... and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations per 1000 people in British Columbia increased by approximately 50%.[ 1 ... and 2007 the number of CT and MRI examinations per 1000 people in BC increased by approximately 50%, a finding that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jean-François Kozak, PhD, March 2013
Prior to the Second World War, highly dependent elderly people unable to live on their own received care through a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Rajala MD, FRCPC, April 2013
... the effects of poverty and poor working conditions on people. He attended medical school at Western Reserve ... information on how much energy was actually expended while people performed various tasks, he began going to workplaces ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD April 2013
... Norovirus causes a mild self-limiting infection; most people will recover within 1 to 3 days without medical ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bill Cavers, MD April 2013
... The Ministry of Health estimates that about 176000 people in BC are without a family doctor and actively looking ... Cowichan Valley. In doing so, it was aiming to give more people access to good primary care through a longitudinal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jiao Yang, MD, FRCPC, May 2013
... block.[ 4 ] As well as being more common among Japanese people and African Americans, CS is more common in young ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Richard T. Lester, MD, May 2013
... symptoms, hearing or vision loss, or even strokes in young people—is on the increase. In 1992 the neurosyphilis rate ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul J. Yong, MD, PhD, FRCSC June 2013
... poor function may be refer­red to community resources for people living with disabilities, chronic pain, or both. A ... of Victoria, and patient-led organizations such as the People in Pain Network. Work also began in September 2012 on ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mel Krajden, OBC, MD, FRCPC June 2013
... injections are a common source of infection.  Aboriginal people and individuals who have been incarcerated are also ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Lorraine McIntyre, MSc July/August 2013
... overboard a boat within the harvest area.[ 1 ] In 2011, 62 people became ill during the first recorded outbreak of ...