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Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew R. Woolfenden, MD, FRCPC April 2002
... and the third leading cause of death in Canada. [1]  Each year, over 50 000 Canadians, including 10,000 British Columbians, suffer a stroke. [1,2]  There are 300,000 stroke survivors living in Canada, ... is a significant independent risk factor for stroke. About 1% of the population older than 65 has AF, and the prevalence ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kathleen M.N. Lee, RDN April 2002
... identify the extent of the obesity epidemic in Scotland. [ 1]  It emphasizes that individuals should be responsible for ... causes are the medical conditions outlined in  Table 1  and some drug treatments outlined in  Table 2 . Among ... condition. Competing interests None declared. Table 1. Medical conditions associated with weight gain Cushing’s ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Clugston, MD, FRCSC, FACS April 2002
... mastectomy is now widely accepted as safe and effective. [ 1,2]  Although several studies have demonstrated the ... patients for immediate reconstruction are given in  Table 1 . Fifty-one percent of surgeons initiated the discussion ... 8% waited for the patient to broach the subject ( Figure 1 ). Of those surgeons initiating the discussion, patient’s ...
Letters April 2002
... highlighting it on the cover of the journal (BCMJ 2002;44[1]), I was appalled at the choice of illustration that was ...
Letters / BY: G. Henderson, MB April 2002
... shift in a walk-in clinic in Mission. There I show up at 1:00 p.m. and I leave shortly after 5:00 p.m. I do not have ...
Clinical Articles / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC May 2002
... including herbal medicine and dietary supplements. [1]  Because they are natural products—some with a long ... 50 mg once daily for 9 days, mometasone furoate ointment 0.1%, and diphenhydramine hydrochloride 25 mg as needed, ... The patient had taken the Isotonix OPC-3 previously for 1 year without any reaction, and she took Tension Tamer ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jiri Frohlich, MD, FRCPC May 2002
... will be newly diagnosed with diabetes over the next year. [1]  The sedentary lifestyle of wealthy populations appears ... namely coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke.  Figure 1  shows the data from the National Health and Nutrition ... to develop CHD, but they also have higher mortality (1.5-fold) and morbidity following acute events and a high ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Bigham, MD May 2002
... meningococcal immunization program for all children 1 year of age, in addition to youths in grades 6 and 9, using ... an incidence rate of invasive meningococcal disease of 1.3 per 100 000, 44% above the average British Columbia ... rate over the previous decade of 0.9 per 100 000 ( Figure 1  and  Figure 2 ). The remaining seven cases were ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2002
... persistent problems confronting Canadian health care. [1-3]  British Columbia is no exception, with many rural ... family physicians and specialists were surveyed ( Table 1 ,  Table 2  ). [14,15] Van der Weyde and colleagues sent ... Likert scale, ranging from very unsatisfied (score of 1) to very satisfied (score of 5) was used to grade the level ...
College Library / BY: Jim Henderson May 2002
... in print through the mail up to a month earlier. 34.1% (15 of 44) were available free to College members because ...