Clinical Articles /
BY: Margot Davis, MD,
September 2010
... the epidemiology of gall bladder disease[ 8 ] and gout.[ 9 ] At age 67, Dr Dawber retired to Naples, Florida. An avid ... lifetime risks of cardiovascular disease (5.2% versus 68.9% in men and 8.2% versus 50.2% in women). In addition, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Erica Frank, MD,
September 2010
... are also significantly lower in BC than other provinces.[ 9 ] While BC physicians trend toward lower BMI readings when ... physicians (vs 3.7% of Canadian female physicians and 9.6% of Canadian women) and 9.2% of BC male physicians (vs 11% of Canadian male ...
News
September 2010
... Gordon Mackie gordon.mackie@neuromackie.com District #9 Jannie du Plessis jannie@telus.net District #10 ...
News
September 2010
... Dietitian Services is available Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Interpreter services are available in over ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Manal Hasan, MBBS, MD,
October 2010
... has been classified as primary or secondary ( Table 1 ).[ 9 ] Primary OA denotes generalized or erosive OA with no ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: J. Hawkeswood, MD,
October 2010
... their OA; however, 73% had tried exercising in the past.[ 9 ] A dose-response relationship between compliance and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Stephen Kennedy, MD,
October 2010
... approximately 1% per year on COX-2 inhibitors versus 0.9% on traditional NSAIDs.[ 2 ] CV risk is greater in ... at 5 to 13 weeks varied from 28% to 54% for pain and 9% to 32% for functional outcome scores.[ 2 ] Data to suggest ... disability in several conditions, including joint pain.[ 9,10 ] Awareness and treatment of depressive symptoms can ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: James Johnston, MD, FRCPC,
October 2010
... be considered. The current standard of therapy for LTBI is 9 months of isoniazid (INH) monotherapy. INH is metabolized ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
October 2010
... diet but I don’t eat anything.” “Bob, you’re 5'9" and 300 pounds but you don’t eat anything?” ...
Editorials /
BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD
October 2010
... (overweight is defined by a body mass index of 25 to 29.9 or waist circumference of >80 cm in females and >94 cm in ...