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Letters / BY: Galina Vorobeychik, MD, FRCPSC, May 2006
... relapse, symptom management, and emergency cover) 5 days per week. The care is provided by 16 staff members, ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS June 2006
... in an increase of 19.1% over 4 years, or an average of 4.5% annually. Some physicians will have increases that are ...
Letters / BY: David Pearson, MD June 2006
... test” (barium enema) missed 14% (nearly 1 in 5) cancers, dooming these unfortunate people. A potentially ... screening, with an optional flexible sigmiodoscopy every 5 years, age 50 to 75. Don’t forget to do a DRE before ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD June 2006
... lipids, [1]  there are currently two targets: LDL-C <2.5 mmol/L and TC/HDL-C ratio <4.0 for “most patients with diabetes” and LDL-C <3.5 mmol/L and TC/HDL-C ratio <5.0 for “younger patients with shorter duration of diabetes ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP June 2006
... of deaths that occurred in hospital decreased from 61.5% to 53.6% and the number of home deaths remained stable. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC June 2006
... cleanup guidelines for clandestine methamphetamine labs. [5]  The guidelines have been prepared using best available ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amy C. MacArthur, MHSc June 2006
... and significance was assessed using a 2-tailed test with 5% alpha. Results Twenty-three people responded to the ... were interested in obtaining genetic counseling (56.5%) or testing for cancer susceptibility (52.2%), while ... indicated from studies of high-risk populations. [5-7,9,16-19]  The poor response to our survey itself may ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard Beever, MD June 2006
... protective measures to reduce the risk of mosquito bites. [5]  These measures include: • Avoiding perfumed cosmetics ... permethrin-impregnated mosquito nets are not available. [5]  And remaining in completely enclosed, well-screened, or ... of 15 mL of 100% eucalyptus oil, 250 mL white vinegar (5% acetic acid), 250 mL ASSS, and 500 mL tap water. The three ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hin Hin Ko, MD June 2006
... (HBV) infections in the Canadian Inuit population is about 5% (20 times that of non-Aboriginal Canadians), and the risk of exposure to HBV is 25% (5 times higher). [8]  In the First Nations population, the ... (1% to 18%) than among non-Aboriginal populations (0.5% to 2%). [8] Similarly, high rates of viral hepatitis have ...
News / BY: Mark Bigham, MD July/August 2006
... Over this period, CBS received 427 reports of which 23 (5.4%) were donors. Three of the 23 donors had recently ... scores in oral language and motor areas when tested at age 5. Although there are general references at the end of the ...