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Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew Eisen MD, FRCPC September 2002
... neurodegenerations affecting the aging nervous system. [1,2]  Its pathogenesis is complex and multifactorial and ... and peaks at between 55 and 65 years of age [10]  ( Table 1 ). About 5% to 10% of ALS is hereditary. At present only ... number of trinucleotide CAG repeats within the exon 1 coding regions. The number of repeats may correlate with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elissa Press, BA September 2002
... penis or the upper thigh, areas not covered by condoms. [1]  The incubation period of HPV is usually 6 weeks to 8 ... different from common skin disorders and cancers ( Figure 1 ). Condylomata acuminata typically manifest as ... techniques used for cervical precancerous lesions. [1-7]  Recommendations for individuals who practise receptive ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carolyn A. Montgomery, MB September 2002
... 15 500 per year in BC and 114 000 per year in Canada. [1]  Of women surveyed in 1992, 43% of American women and 30% ... due to  C. trachomatis:  2% to 3%;  N. gonorrhoea:  <1:500; bacterial vaginosis: 23%. (W.V.N., unpublished data ... [18]  The prophylaxis group received metronidazole 1 g rectally plus doxycycline 100 mg b.i.d. for 10 days. The ...
Letters / BY: Jim Henderson September 2002
... the  Journal of the American College of Cardiology  for 1 year. It cost me approximately the same amount for the  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Theresa Isomura, MD, FRCPC October 2002
... setting with psychosocial distress is as high as 40%, [1]  and the prevalence of psychiatric disorder is 25%. [2,3] ... illness are referred to psychiatry [4]  and less than 1% to a community agency. [5]  Family physicians have ... registered patients was well served by a psychiatrist for 1 half-day every 2 weeks.”  Discussion Family physicians ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Ellen Anderson, MD October 2002
... inventories and clinician-rated scales are available. [1]   Some are in the public domain, while others are ... not very specific (35%) screening test for depression: [3] 1. Have you been bothered by little interest or pleasure in ... response on at least two of these four questions ( Table 1 ), the specificity of a positive test increases to 94%. [3] ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erin E. Michalak, PhD October 2002
... at all for their condition in the previous 12 months. [1]   Of those patients who did receive treatment with ... see a general practitioner in the course of a year ( Table 1, part A ). An analysis of mental health utilization during ... from a psychiatrist or from a mental health clinic ( Table 1, part B ). Given these data, it is not surprising that ...
College Library / BY: Jim Henderson October 2002
... are largely produced in the US. The US dollar cost $1.20 when I started and now costs $1.60. Journal prices increased every year an average of 10%, ...
Editorials / BY: Raymond W. Lam, MD, FRCPC October 2002
The numbers associated with depression are staggering: 1.4 million people in Canada afflicted at any given time; ... costs; 40 000 person-years lost from work and over $1 billion in economic costs; the second leading cause of ... projected to be the second leading cause by 2020. [1,2] The good news is that depression is a highly treatable ...
Letters / BY: Peter Rees, PhD, FRCPC October 2002
... and are not peculiar to traumatic brain injury. [1]  The same test results are obtained in depression and chronic pain, [1,2]   one or both of which are customary in chronic ...