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Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... profile, quantitation of the latter is less exact and may occasionally surprise a physician. As Barber proposes, ... outcome of a simple medical practice audit conducted in 2010 illustrates how such an approach might affect personal ... 19 ] provides a structure for assessment:  I. Question or issue created; assess resources. II. Acquire information and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... Act to target impaired driving.15 Introduced in September 2010, these amendments give police the authority to impose ... in exactly the positive changes that would be expected. In May 2011, opponents of the new laws launched a legal ... of the immediate roadside prohibition program.  At issue was whether the immediate roadside prohibition program ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC October 2012
... Each of these topics is dealt with in this theme issue, which was inspired in part by the 23rd Scientific ... Society of Hypertension, held in Vancouver in the fall of 2010.  During the meeting outstanding research was presented ... to therapies based on antihypertensive drugs, which may be perceived as “too powerful” or “less ...
MDs To Be / BY: Katie Wiskar, BSc, October 2012
... population declined for the first time between 2009 and 2010, falling from 48% to 43%.[ 5 ] Studies with both ... whole foods.  In addition to overall diet, the issue of workplace nutrition has recently received some ... ubiquity of inadequate nutrition among physicians, as they may result in decreased quality of patient care and medical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alison Granger-Brown, MA, December 2012
... healing benefits.  Screening mammography program In March 2010 a mammography technician and the assistant deputy warden ... and increase motivation for change—something that may be sustained after release from prison. Women in BC’s ... 25 ]  Infant safety has not been reported as an issue in numerous countries where prison infant and mother ...