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Clinical Articles / BY: Darlene M.S. Hammell, MD October 2001
... to the background risk level for a specific age group. [ 5]  A more recent analysis is provided by Schairer and ... estrogen (0.625 mg) and medroxyprogesterone acetate (2.5 mg) to placebo. The HERS Research Group studied 2763 older ... 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
... averaging 0.6% before and after menopause. For the first 5 to 10 years after menopause, however, bone loss is ... should be initiated at menopause and continued lifelong. [ 5]  Elderly women who start estrogen soon after menopause ... earlier. For example, estrogen use for the first 5 years after menopause will alleviate menopausal symptoms, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP October 2001
... are frequent and sometimes heavy, progesterone (Provera 5 mg or Prometrium 200 mg) taken daily for the last 2 weeks ... sleep (bedtime dosing, especially with Prometrium). [ 3-5]  If this measure fails, the optimal control of symptoms ... a low-dose combined oral contraceptive therapy (OCT). [ 3-5]  A randomized controlled trial of healthy nonsmokers ...
Clinical Articles / BY: B. Strauss, RN, BScN, MSc November 2001
... in autism after introducing MMR vaccine in Sweden. [ 5]  A population-based study by Taylor and colleagues ... among children who had reported measles infection before 5 years of age. [ 34]   However, with only a 57% ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG November 2001
... mg of conjugated equine estrogens (CEE) or estropipate, 0.5 mg of micronized estradiol, or 50 mg of transdermal ... mg of medroxyprogesterone acetate or the equivalent). [ 5] Cyclical use of estrogen and progestin Initial ... mg daily) and medroxyprogesterone acetate (most commonly 2.5 mg daily). This combination is marketed in the United ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Karen A. Gelmon, MD, FRCPC November 2001
... to estrogen levels are all well established factors. [ 5]  More recently studies of various ethnic groups, ... significant increases in risk were seen with more than 5 years of use, but were not confirmed in several large ... and was statistically significant among current users of 5 or more years’ duration compared with those who had never ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margo R. Fluker, MD, FRCSC November 2001
... of HRT. In such a model, HRT might be used for 1 to 5 years in the perimenopausal interval to control vasomotor ... but generally improve spontaneously over a period of 2 to 5 years. Some women have residual bothersome symptoms that ... following vaginal doses of 0.3 mg conjugated estrogens (0.5 gm or 1/8 applicator of Premarin cream) or more than 48 ...
Clinical Articles November 2001
... swabbing with a solution of dilute bleach (e.g., household 5% bleach, diluted 10 parts water to 1 part bleach) and ...
Letters / BY: Peter J. Nunn, MB November 2001
... presumptuous to remove potential hope of treatment to the 5% of patients acknowledged by the ADA to be highly sensitive ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D.B. Clement, MD December 2001
... unpublished report, 1998). The fabric is made of 9.5% steel wire consisting of iron, nickel, and chromium. ... to extracerebral exposure to low-frequency EMF. Detlavs [ 5]  demonstrated a greater inflammatory response in rats ... of the subjects reported pain relief of greater than 5 points on the VAS scale, while the average relief was ...