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Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Fung, MD, FRCPC November 2004
... care and research in the search for a cure for type 1 diabetes (T1D). [1]  It is estimated that there are approximately 20 to 26 ... recipients to stop insulin therapy for more than 1 year. [5]  This has sparked worldwide interest in the ...
Clinical Articles November 2004
... the number of children with T2D over the past 15 years. [1]  These studies focused primarily on children from ethnic ... children and youth has been documented to be as high as 1%, with the highest prevalence in the Plains Cree people of ... has increased from 9% to a maximum of 33% of diabetics. [1]  Given that 50% of children with T2D may be totally ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc November 2004
... jurisdictions that have similar tracking capability. [1,2]  The overall rate of antibiotic use among outpatients ... between 1996 and 2003. This means that on average, 1.6% of British Columbians are consuming antibiotics on any ... established programs to track and control consumption. [1,3]  Moreover, BC consumes proportionately far more in the ...
Editorials / BY: Clarissa Wallace, MD, FRCPC November 2004
... to many individuals and groups of individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D). I sometimes ask: “What messages were you ... Lilly, and Aventis. Editorials The changing face of type 1 diabetes ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC November 2004
... of Asian ethnicity with unusually high fish consumption. [1]  They recommended physicians providing care for young ... has been well documented. [4-6] The  BC Medical Journal [1]  and a review article [7]  listed the various sources of ...
Letters November 2004
... studies that demonstrate strong reliability is unclear. [1-4]  It is noteworthy that these other four all used ...
Clinical Articles / BY: M.C. Ashe, MSc December 2004
... fragility in which fractures occur with minimal trauma. [1]  More Canadian women die from the complications of ... than from breast and ovarian cancer combined. Over 1.4 million Canadians have osteoporosis, including 25% of women and 12% of men older than 50 years. [1]  In addition, Canadian health care costs for osteoporosis ...
Clinical Articles / BY: W. Alan Dodd, MD, FRCPC December 2004
... anterior axillary folds, buttocks, and genitalia ( Figure 1 ). Pruritic, excoriated, penile papules are almost always ... sexually. The classic lesion is a skin-colored papule of 1 mm to 3 mm with central umbilication ( Figure 6 ). The ... is used for treating pediculosis capitis. Topical lindane 1% lotion has been used for many years. It is as effective as ...
Clinical Articles / BY: E. Jane Garland, MD, FRCPC December 2004
... about antidepressants in children and adolescents ( Table 1 ), physicians have been asking anew: How should we treat ... in suicidal ideation and attempts, as well as hostility. [1-3]  Within 2 months, this warning was followed by similar ... in depression trials but also in anxiety disorder trials. [1-5,7,29,30]  New labeling and advisories [8]  emphasize ...
Letters / BY: Miguel Imperial, MD December 2004
... web site listing Physicians Accepting New Patients. [1]  During clinical clerkships, I had often directed ...
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