Clinical Articles /
BY: Janene Spring, RN, BScN, MSCN,
March 2006
... disease progression, symptoms, and treatment options. Myth 1: MS always leads to disability All patients with MS ... rapid disability and death in a shortened period of time. [1] Leaving aside patients with malignant MS, most MS ... or infection and for which no other cause can be found. [1] Pseudo-relapses are common and may present as symptoms ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ian L. Mitchell, MD, FRCP
March 2006
... makes it difficult to keep these diseases in clear focus. 1) Non-valvular atrial fibrillation Undiagnosed and untreated ...
Editorials /
BY: James A. Wilson, MD
March 2006
... old when either one or both of the following occur. 1) You run into a group of people who seem to recognize you ...
Letters /
BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG
March 2006
... flushes or quality of life.” To the contrary, the study [1] (which was Canadian) showed that the oral ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP
March 2006
... symptoms, 95% will have flu-like symptoms and less than 1% will develop meningitis or encephalitis. Older people, as ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC
April 2006
... MRSA infections are becoming more prevalent, [1] in keeping with the high frequency of MRSA in health ... are variable. For example, the isolate from Patient 1 (see Table ) manifested erythromycin resistance but was ... isolates were obtained from different infection sites over 1 week, and these were discrepant for clindamycin ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: H.F. Kennecke, MD, MHA, FRCPC,
April 2006
... death by 31%, regardless of age or use of chemotherapy. [1,2] This benefit is sustained even at 15 years from ... such as vaginal discharge, risk of uterine cancer (1%), thromboembolic disease, and stroke. The absolute risk of ... cancer, they should not be considered until at least 1 to 2 years after chemotherapy-induced menopause. Evidence ...
Back Page /
BY: Gerd A. Asche, MD
April 2006
... and no means to measure arterial blood pressure. Part 1 of this article appeared in the March 2006 issue of the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc
April 2006
... cause aggressive infections in otherwise healthy people. [1-9] Along with severe skin and soft tissue infections, ...
Editorials /
BY: Alan Brookstone, MD
April 2006
... editor, Dr Stephen Choi, resigned from the CMAJ after 1 week in that position following the CMA’s refusal to ...