Clinical Articles /
BY: Patricia M. Rebbeck, MB, ChB, FRCSC
September 2005
... rural and northern towns, without an essential service. [1,2] It is impractical for this population to depend on a ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: H. Baillie, MD, FRCPC
September 2005
... specialists in Canada is becoming a national emergency. [1] Canadians are not getting the best possible standard of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC
September 2005
... on medical education in the United States and Canada. [1,2] Flexner’s report was solicited by the Carnegie ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jana Patenaude, BSc, MSc
October 2005
... and older, had type 2 diabetes mellitus in 1998–1999. [1] In British Columbia, the prevalence rate is ... is estimated that the prevalence of diabetes will reach 7.1% by the year 2010. [2] Aboriginal people as a group appear ... Yukon, and Northwest Territories had the lowest, at 1.6%, 1.2%, and 0.8%, respectively.[8] The majority of the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David A. Wood, MD, FRCPC
October 2005
... and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (DM2). [1-2] While the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study ... greatest impact on preventing CVD in patients with DM2. [1] In this study, 80 patients were randomly assigned to ... total cholesterol levels <4.5 mmol/L, and triglycerides <1.7 mmol/L. In addition, the patients in the intensive ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Cynthia Fan, MD
October 2005
... in other jurisdictions to create such guidelines, [1-3] but controversy continues. [4,5] In October 2002, the ... restriction is desired), and cardiac bypass pump priming. [1,2] When comparing these guidelines with the common ... to collect for a shorter period, although a minimum of 1 month of data was sought from each site. During the study ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Fred Bass, MD, DSc
October 2005
... to stop smoking. Yet the following steps, done in about 1 minute, will double this group’s rate of quitting from 3% ...
Premise /
BY: James E. Miles, MD, FRCPC
October 2005
... with an item from the Victoria Times Colonist, dated 1 April 2005 and entitled, “BC Removes 11,000 names from elective surgical wait list.” [1] Dr Penny Ballem, a Victoria bureaucrat, states, ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP
October 2005
... with back and neck pain” by Schonstein and colleagues [1] compared the effectiveness of physical conditioning ... call Health Care Services at 604 232-7787 or toll-free 1 866 244-6404. —Don Graham, MD WorkSafeBC Chief Medical ... worker satisfaction survey score, on a scale of 1 to 10* Durable return-to-work %† Activity Related Soft ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS
November 2005
... illness and its prevalence increases with age. [1] The Alzheimer Society of Canada uses a staging system ... AD. Features of late disease are summarized in Table 1 . In a recent longitudinal cohort study, median survival ... in cognition, function, survival, or cost of care after 1 year of implementing the program. [17] Whether there is ...