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Beyond Medicine / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, June 2011
... properties in a rabbit corn­eal micropocket assay.[ 7 ] They inserted pellets containing bFGF (basic fibro­blast ...
Obituaries / BY: John O’Brien-Bell, MB June 2011
... persons to know, was born in Twickenham, London, on 7 August 1933. He grew up there with his three brothers until 1940, when, as a 7-year-old, he was one of thousands of London children ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Aspasia Michoulas, BSc Pharm, MD, July/August 2011
... as generalized spike-wave discharges or rolandic spikes.[ 7 ] Thus, normal EEG results do not ex­clude a diagnosis of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James Lee, MD, July/August 2011
... most seizures in children that last for longer than 7 minutes will last for at least 30 minutes.[ 4 ]  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kevin Farrell, MBChB, July/August 2011
... cases and more than 30 minutes in 4% to 5% of cases.[ 5 , 7 ] Recurrent seizures within 24 hours occurred in 16% of ... is very low. The risk of an afebrile seizure is 3% at 7 years of age,[ 5 ] 2.5% at 10 years of age,[ 2 ] and 5% at ... in the immediate family had an afebrile seizure by 7 years of age, a figure only slightly higher than in the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, July/August 2011
... girl with a blood lead level of 1.29 µmol/L (26.7 µg/dL).  The child was brought in by the mother who was ... 15 µg/dL) resulted in average IQ increase of 2.2. to 4.7 points, which corresponded with a $100 billion to $319 ... and/or public health follow-up of cases may reach the 24/7 BC Drug and Poison Information Centre at 604 682-5050 or 1 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jeffrey R. Brubacher, MD, July/August 2011
... from modern “culpability studies” from Australia[ 7 ] and France,[ 8 ] which found that crashed drivers who ...
Letters / BY: Adi Mudaliar, MD, CCFP July/August 2011
... tell us. • The A1C target in diabetes care is 7.5% to 8.0% not the 7% that most competent physicians try to achieve. •  In ... the 4T Study[ 6 ] with dete­mir compared to NPH in UKPDS[ 7 ] and in the Treat to Target Trial[ 8 ] with glar­gine vs ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC July/August 2011
... Cough Syrup DM, with ingredients containing ephedrine HCl 7.5 mg per 30 mL, as well as three other pharmaceutical ... have been reported to occur with doses of 1 to 5 mg.[ 7 ] There are multiple products of ephedrine currently ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC July/August 2011
... another weekend. The pass rate was 86%, with additional 7% on second try.[ 1 ] It is most difficult to comprehend ...