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Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Adrian, MD, FRCPC September 2005
... in asymptomatic people ranging up to 30% to 60%. [1,2]  Asymptomatic MRI abnormalities can include complete ...
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: 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
... 4.8% of Canadians, 20 years of age and older, had type 2 diabetes mellitus in 1998–1999. [1]  In British ... Columbia, the prevalence rate is approximately 4.9%. [2]  There is considerable agreement among those who study ... of diabetes has almost doubled in 20 years, going from 2.8% in 1980 to 4.5% in 2000. [3]  In British Columbia, it ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David A. Wood, MD, FRCPC October 2005
... impact on morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (DM2). [1-2]  While the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study ... management in the observed reduction of vascular events. [2]  Prevailing opinion still holds that tight control of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Cynthia Fan, MD October 2005
... to the province over the fiscal year ending in 2004 was $2.14 million. An equivalent amount of a lower-priced ... is desired), and cardiac bypass pump priming. [1,2]  When comparing these guidelines with the common ... participate. Hospitals unable to collect data for a full 2 months were allowed to collect for a shorter period, ...
Premise / BY: James E. Miles, MD, FRCPC October 2005
... April 2005 is titled, “MDs set wait list benchmarks.” [2]  Here the medical profession has devised a scheme that ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP October 2005
... 1 (OR1) 8.8 76.65 Occupational Rehabilitation Program 2 (OR2) 8.3 70.21 Hand Therapy 9.2 68.80 Chronic Pain (CP) 7.8 61.19 Medical and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS November 2005
... progression of AD into early, middle, and late disease. [2]  No single pathognomonic clinical event has been found to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martha Lou Donnelly, MD, CCFP, FRCPC November 2005
... impaired interactions with others or the environment.” [2] The classification of such disturbances in dementia ... social, and environmental dimensions ( Table 2 ). Factors should be considered that could predispose a ... to behavioral disturbances: 1. Define target symptoms. 2. Establish or revisit medical diagnoses. 3. Establish or ...