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Editorials / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD March 2006
... zeros when writing a drug dosage. For example, writing “5 mg prednisone” is a lot safer than “5.0 mg prednisone.” If the period is not clear the dosage ...
Clinical Articles / BY: H.F. Kennecke, MD, MHA, FRCPC, April 2006
... of estrogen at its receptor. Daily tamoxifen for 5 years reduces the risk of breast cancer death by 31%, ... a greater than 50% risk of being rendered menopausal. [5,6]  If menstruation does resume, it usually does so within ... 2 to 3 years of tamoxifen. • AI therapy at the end of a 5-year course of tamoxifen. It has not yet been determined ...
Back Page / BY: Gerd A. Asche, MD April 2006
... * ALLEGED PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT Alta California, October 5, 1858 Elkanah H. Hodges and Mary E.P. Hodges, his wife, ... Hodges vs. Dr E.S. Cooper was concluded this morning. At 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, the jury, after a charge by ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Nadine Caron, MD, April 2006
... we find the following: • Suicide rates are 5 to 8 times higher • Diabetes rates are 3 to 5 times higher • Fetal alcohol syndrome rates are at least ...
News / BY: Sarah Gilgoff, BSc, April 2006
... of 19.1% over 4 years, or an average annual increase of 4.5%. In years five and six of the agreement, binding ... million increases to $80 million in the second year, $105.5 million in the third year, and to $136.5 million in the fourth year of the agreement. Also available ...
Premise / BY: Faith E. Hayman, LLB, BA, BEd April 2006
... Court of Canada decision  McInerney v. Macdonald , [5]  and concluded: “While it is true that Great-West paid ... Protection and Electronic Documents Act (SC 2000 c. 5; also known as “PIPEDA.”) The general principles are ... for improperly withholding benefits for approximately 5 years, and only reinstating benefits 1 week before trial. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC May 2006
... of somatoform symptomatology Major depressive episodes 5 Female 48 years Bipolar disorder; schizoaffective disorder ... years Major depression with psychotic episodes Less than 5 No somatoform symptomatology Major depression; fits the ... depression; obsessive-compulsive disorder; mood disorder 5 No somatoform symptomatology Major depression; borderline ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC May 2006
...  and indeed was the focus of an April 2004 theme issue. [5]  It is worth a few minutes of every family physician’s ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP May 2006
... achieving 30 minutes of moderate activity most (at least 5) days of the week, which is the current standard ... the health and well-being of British Columbians. Currently 5.2% of people living in BC have been diagnosed with diabetes ...
Letters / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC May 2006
... [4]  and Belding Scribner and associates in Seattle. [5]  Its integration into general medical practice in a ...