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Clinical Articles / BY: Marie D. Hay, MD, DCH, DRCOG, FRCPC, MRCP(UK) April 2004
... alienated, which in turn leads to running away behaviors. [5] Children involved in the sex trade experience a high ... the problems. In Canada, aboriginal youth make up 3% to 5% of the general population. In certain areas of BC, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC April 2004
... even with legally confirmed cases of sexual abuse. [1,4,5]  The physician should note any evidence of bruising, ... victims of sexual assault is extremely low (1% to 5%). HIV screening is suggested if the offender is known to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joan Fujiwara, MD April 2004
... adolescent is under the influence of drugs or alcohol. [5]  The youth can withdraw consent at any time, to any part ... and support a history of penetrating sexual abuse. [5]  Hymenal tissue can stretch, without signs of injury, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nita Jain, MD, FRCPC April 2004
... found in sexual abuse victims, with a prevalence of 2% to 5% [1]  and concurrent chlamydia infection is common. [4] ... with primary or secondary disease beyond early infancy. [4,5,8]  The incubation period for primary syphilis is 10 to 90 ... the infection through sexual abuse is unknown. [1,5]  Genital herpes is characterized by painful, vesicular or ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD April 2004
... past few years is likely to become a tsunami in the next 5 to 6 years with the daily barrage of medicare bad news ...
Letters / BY: John R. McLeod, MD April 2004
... our obstetric patients and their babies in hospital for 5 days; appendectomies and hernias were in 5 days; infections were treated in hospital and not by ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2004
... are located in the Central Coast Regional District [5]  (see the  Figure ). According to data from the British ... Lake (VOL ICO). [16]  Data were obtained for specified 5-year periods, the most recent being 1997 – 2001 and the ... data for the years 1987–1996 ( Table 4  and  Table 5 ). (A detailed description of Dr Jin’s methodology is ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2004
... Hawthorne effect could account for the results obtained. 5. We are not told what the scoring system was, nor is it ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D.B. Clement, MD May 2004
... treatment with corticosteroids topically or by injection. [5]  Open or endoscopic surgery is reserved for cases where ... therapy that makes the risks of surgery unnecessary. [5,6] Extracorporeal shock wave therapy The use of externally ... follow-up the ESWT group dropped from 6.9 points to 1.5 points compared with 7.0 to 4.4 points in the placebo ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Gina Ogilvie, MD, MSc, FCFP, DrPH May 2004
... have sex with men (MSM). Here, prior to 2003, fewer than 5% of individuals with infectious syphilis identified ... Eastside to improve access to both testing and treatment. [5]  Community-based programs to enhance condom use in the ...