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BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC
June 2012
Opioid overdose is a public health issue in British Columbia. In 2009, more than 200 deaths were identified as illicit drug ... were in persons prescribed opioid medication.[ 3 ] In May 2011, the BC Coroners Service released a warning about a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: James Johnston, MD, FRCPC,
October 2010
... both staff and other patients at risk. As of December 2009, there were 2720 patients enrolled in provincial ... recommendations The most recent guidelines addressing the issue were published by the British Thoracic Society. They ... early screening in high-risk CKD patients, as anergy may be less of a confounder in those with less advanced ...
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BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... an official holiday on the second Sunday of the month of May. There are about 2 billion mothers in the world and ... said the Secretary General of the United Nations in 2009,[ 2 ] reflecting the poet Wallace’s vision of the ... full control over their reproduction. Motherhood became an issue of personal preferences—voluntary childlessness, ...