Clinical Articles /
BY: Sandi Culo, BScOT, MD, FRCPC,
October 2011
... factors can contribute to vulnerability and risk.[ 4-6 , 8-10 ] Internal risk factors include: • Increasing ... indicators should raise suspicion of abuse or neglect.[ 4 , 5 ] These indicators include: • Repeated ER visits or ... odor, lack of cleanliness, and gait abnormalities.[ 4 , 9 ] Behavioral indicators include confusion, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Darcy Cox, PsyD, RPsych, ABPP,
October 2011
... between normal aging and mild dementias.”[ 4 ] Diagnostic system review The current DSM-IV-TR diagnostic ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD
October 2011
... suggests that delaying these foods for longer than 4 to 6 months does not prevent food allergies and may even ... waiting until 6 months of age before offering solid foods. 4. Is organic food more nutritious than non-organic food? ...
Letters /
BY: George E. Price, MD
October 2011
... differences in the causative organism, B. burgdorferi .[ 4 ] In 1995 I reported a case of Lyme arthritis in BC and ...
Letters /
BY: Sheri Souch,
October 2011
... testing may not be picking up these local strains.[ 3 , 4 ] Henry and Morshed completely rely on the precarious ...
News
October 2011
... people), the volume of weak ones dropped slightly by 4.4% (12.7 to 12.2 DDD/1000 people). The study can be viewed ...
Premise /
BY: Stuart Kreisman, MD
October 2011
... practical means of solving secondhand smoke transmission.[ 4 ] In the second, children in nonsmoking homes living in ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Charlene Kotze, MD,
October 2011
... injections in the treatment of mechanical back pain.[ 4 ] Epidurals are indicated only for the treatment of ... or malignancy, will improve substantially after about 4 weeks, regardless of the presence or absence of radicular ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Robert D.H. MacMillan, MD, FRCSC,
November 2011
... and order tests for blood glucose and a lipid profile.[ 4 ] Another concern is that the patients who present ... on diet and exercise than their more affluent peers,[ 4 , 5 ] thereby missing an opportunity for primary ... preferably performed by a urologist, could be completed. 4. Workplace and home. Issues relating to stress, anxiety, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Stacy L. Elliott, MD,
November 2011
... the overall prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) was 49.4%,[ 1 ] and therefore ED affects an estimated 3 million ... sufficient to permit satisfactory sexual performance.”[ 4 ] “Sexual performance,” however, is not defined as ... in diameter—notably smaller than coronary arteries (3 to 4 mm), carotid arteries (5 to 7 mm), and femoral arteries (6 ...