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Clinical Articles / BY: Margot Davis, MD, September 2010
... man despite his many accomplishments. He died 23 November 2005 of complications of Alzhei­mer disease at the age of ... by the Framingham algorithms.[ 16 ]  To address this issue, a number of other risk-prediction algorithms have been ... certain ethnic groups, the Framingham risk model may underserve women.  Studies have suggested that the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marc W. Deyell, MD, FRCPC, June 2010
... at US$66 677 in 2002.[ 16 ]  Based on these trials, the 2005 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Rhythm ... However, some individuals with better-tolerated VT may be amenable to antiarrhythmic therapy or to ablation ... presented in  Table 1 . ICDs for primary prevention The issue of which patients should receive an ICD for the primary ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David N. Landsberg, MD, May 2010
... After initial research probing societal views on this issue,[ 9 ] the first LAD transplant was perform­ed in 2005.  In this program, indivi­duals who have undergone ... to protect both the re­cipient and the donor. LAD kidneys may be given to a patient at the top of the wait list, or ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD October 2010
... small. Without effective intervention, though, they may well become staggering in the future. Preventing ... in dietary and lifestyle habits. This is a very complex issue and intervention must take place at a number of ... obesity and promoting health. It was es­ta­blished in 2005 as a cross-government health promotion initiative and ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Dan MacCarthy, MB, BCh, BAO, March 2009
... gaps in patient care. The Divisions concept arose from the 2005 Provincial Quality Improvement Days, during which about ... authority and government level.” Other benefits that may be offered by Divisions: • Capacity to enhance ... already meeting pre-Divisions to work on an identified issue within their community. “The intention of the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Christian Wiens, BSc(Pharm), May 2009
... in its approach to lecturer conflicts of interest. In 2005, U of T instituted a policy stating “…before ... residency training.”[ 3 ] The CMA does not opine on the issue of lecturer conflicts of interest in medical school ... their relationship with the pharmaceutical industry may affect their judgment. Regrettably, the British Columbia ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... and adaptive disabilities. Also, medical complications may present as challenging behaviors.  Because many people ... DD.  This responsibility was taken over by CLBC in July 2005. CLBC is now the government agency with funding ... if there is no clear Axis I psychiatric disorder. The issue of unfamiliarity has also begun to affect services ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC June 2008
... treatment. Managing injured, intoxicated drivers is an issue of significant importance to emergency departments. ... of vehicle crashes in which alcohol played a key role. In 2005, alcohol was a contributing factor in over 28% of all ... a patient to the OSMV if that patient has a condition that may affect driving and the practitioner has advised the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Basil Boulton, MD October 2007
... the concept to the Council of Health Promotion in 2005. Working with partners including the UBC Department of ... diseases originate in childhood, and lifelong disabilities may be prevented with good perinatal and pediatric care. ... or lessen many of these problems. In the July/August 2005 issue of the BCMJ, the Child and Youth Health Committee ...
Letters / BY: Stephen Faulkner, MBChB July/August 2007
... and integrative medicine beliefs (see  Globe and Mail , May 1999). His involvement in the very unscientific “harm ... in reading some of the skeptical accounts of this issue ( e.g.,  http://dreamhealer.blogspot.com/ ). Dr ... interesting is that credits for this were given both in 2005 and then again this year. As much as I admire Dr ...