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President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, October 2011
... British Columbia” is just that, and for the past 5 years the Economist Intelligence Unit has ranked Vancouver ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Charlene Kotze, MD, October 2011
... of the presence or absence of radicular features.[ 5 , 6 ] Guidelines for imaging of the spine The American ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert D.H. MacMillan, MD, FRCSC, November 2011
... on diet and exercise than their more affluent peers,[ 4 , 5 ] thereby missing an opportunity for primary prevention.  ... experts would be essential when developing this module.)  5. High-risk behavior. Nicotine, alcohol, and other drugs ... of five 90-minute modules presented weekly over 5 weeks. These would include cardiovascular health, diet and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stacy L. Elliott, MD, November 2011
... 40.  Epidemiological studies of ED suggest approximately 5% to 20% of men have moderate to severe ED.[ 2 ] ED is a ... and the metabolic syndrome, can also contribute to ED.[ 5 ] The risk of ED, particularly in a younger man, may be ... also require higher doses of the phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors such as sildenafil (Viagra), vardenafil ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard A. Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC November 2011
... 40% of men aged 45 or older,[ 1 ] although less than 5% of these men are actually diagnosed and treated for the ... a bioavailable testosterone level is also obtained.[ 4 , 5 ] Physicians should be aware that testosterone levels ... level and confirm the original clinical impression.[ 5-7 ] Patients who test low for testoster­one should also be ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rob Gair, BSc (Pharm), November 2011
... SCr 167 µmol/L (estimated GFR 26 mL/min), potassium 4.5 mmol/L.  The patient appeared dehydrated with an ECG ... therapeutic serum concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 2.5 nmol/L.  Serum levels of approximately 1.3 nmol/L are ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper November 2011
... Guide] process, which was quite difficult. It had taken 5 or 6 years before it culminated in 1995 during my ... lot of issues. What dangers does the BCMA face in the next 5 years? The next 5 years for the BCMA are going to be a major time of ...
Letters / BY: R.M. Preshaw, MD November 2011
The Ministry of Health is to be congratulated on the $5 million awarded to InspireHealth to expand its program of ...
MDs To Be / BY: Pamela Verma, BSc, November 2011
... on them. If you don’t do obstetrics for the first 5 or 10 years of your practice, it is unlikely you will go ... a very supportive husband. He was a stay-at-home dad for 5 years when our children were first born. He also helped to ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, November 2011
... leadership through some very diverse periods. After a 5-year struggle, the solution to the RVG (Relative Value ...