BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Joseph Noone, MD, LRCP&SI, FRCPC
September 2001
... Step 3 Develop and implement control measures Step 4 Provide education and training Step 5 Conduct an annual ... dehumanization, and mood versus predatory aggression. 4. Risk factors and triggers Identify risk factors for ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Diana Carter, MBBS
October 2001
... or more utilization of health services by women. [ 4-7] Women who used health services extensively before age ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Darlene M.S. Hammell, MD
October 2001
... Mendelsohn and Karas provide an excellent review. [ 4] In comparison, the increased risk of ERT and HRT on such ... rate of CHD events in the treatment group at the end of 4.1 years. [ 8] This was despite a beneficial effect on the ... separately) appeared to show a trend toward benefit (years 4 and 5: 33 events in the treatment group vs 49 events in the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: R.C. Offer, MD, FRCPC, FACR
October 2001
... hot flushes (also referred to as “hot flashes”). [ 4] With rare exceptions, such universal health ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP
October 2001
... and has cardioprotective and osteoprotective effects. [ 3,4,7,8] Both regular aerobic exercise [ 9] and periodic ... to 150 mg per day. Higher doses may be neurotoxic. [ 3,4] Although vitamin E capsules are often used orally to ... and the clinical trials show few side effects. [ 3,4] St. John’s wort has been evaluated in 23 randomized ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: B. Strauss, RN, BScN, MSc
November 2001
... to their clinic, in whom IBD had been ruled out. [ 4] This study suffers many of the same methodologic ... (OR 7.47, 95% CI = 2.42–23.06) and Crohn’s disease (OR 4.27, 95% CI = 1.24–14.46) independent of sex, social class ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG
November 2001
... of calcium, however, may also maintain bone density. [ 4] There is a dose-response relationship between the daily ... Medroxyprogesterone acetate 2.5 mg 5 mg 10 mg $2.38 $4.71 $9.51 Megace Megestrol acetate 40 mg 160 mg $43.11 ... Provera Medroxyprogesterone acetate 2.5 mg 5 mg 10 mg $4.94 $9.77 $19.83 Table 3. Commercially available ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Karen A. Gelmon, MD, FRCPC
November 2001
... of the less potent estrone to the more potent estradiol. [ 4] These activities may vary according to both the age and ... lean women, that is, women with a body mass index of 24.4 kg/m 2 or less. This study once again highlighted the ... may outweigh the benefit Intermediate risk 2.0% – 4.9% Risk vs benefit may be equivalent High risk >5% Benefits ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Margo R. Fluker, MD, FRCSC
November 2001
... of an estradiol-containing vaginal ring (Estring). [ 1,4] Musculoskeletal protection In order to accrue significant ...
Letters /
BY: Peter J. Nunn, MB
November 2001
... studies that a single amalgam with an occlusal area of 0.4 cm on average would release 15 micrograms a day or half of ...