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Clinical Articles / BY: Deirdre Ryan, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCPC March 2005
... therapies for these disorders will appear in Part 2 of this theme issue in April 2005.) Postpartum blues ... to 75%) develop these mood changes, [1]  generally within 2 to 3 days of delivery. Symptoms peak on the fifth day postpartum and usually resolve within 2 weeks. [2]  Typically, providing support and reassurance ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ian L. Mitchell, MD, FRCP March 2005
... patients (5% of all TIAs) will have their stroke within 2 days of the TIA, time is of the essence. I believe we can ... take the following: 1. ASA 325 mg STAT and then 81 mg OD. 2. Clopidogrel bisulfate (Plavix) 300 mg STAT and then 75 mg ... (Zocor) 40 mg STAT then OD. 4. Ramipril (Altace) 2.5 mg STAT or perindopril erbumine (Coversyl) 2 mg STAT then ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Aleina Tweed, MSc March 2005
... arrives suddenly each year, spreads rapidly to peak within 2 to 3 weeks, and lasts 5 to 10 weeks. Community attack rates ... A viruses that exist naturally in wild waterfowl. [2]  Three pandemics occurred last century, the last in 1968. ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP March 2005
... day have an obesity rate 8.3 times that of those who watch 2 hours or less per day. While it is true that we eat more ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2005
... studies to be published in an orthopaedic journal. [2]  Both studies involved drug trials. Trials of new ...
Editorials / BY: Shaila Misri, MD, FRCPC March 2005
... programs are now in operation throughout the world, and 2 years ago the First World Congress on Women’s Mental ... its humble start, the program has evolved over the past 2 decades into a flagship provincial program, unique in ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD March 2005
... lack of ICU and emergency beds in the Lower Mainland. The 2-night special report of bed-gridlock in the Lower Mainland, ...
MDs To Be / BY: Paul Dhillon, MBBChBAO, LRCP&SI, EMDM, CCFP, DRCOG, DTM&H(Lon), FRGS March 2005
... to the health care of themselves and their families.” [2]  The same poll, however, found startling evidence “that 14 percent of Canadians—or 4.2 million people—still report not having a family doctor, a ... are “the backbone of Canada’s health care system,” [2]  If this backbone breaks, our health system will break ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS March 2005
... Health Authority   IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN 2, 4, and 6 months Þ Diphtheria Pertussis  Tetanus Polio ... B Þ Pneumococcal conjugate 6–23 months Þ Influenza (2 doses) (during flu season only) 12 months Þ Measles Mumps ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP March 2005
... mesothelioma from the onset of symptoms is less than 11/2 years, and for peritoneal tumors it’s less than 1 year. ... of biological agents including interferon and interleukin 2, and gene therapy are being explored. As knowledge of the ... The pathogenesis of mesothelioma. Seminars Oncol 2002;29:2-17.  PubMed Abstract  Full Text Chanhinian AP, Pass HI. ...