Clinical Articles /
BY: Marilyn J. Borugian, PhD,
December 2011
... unlikely to have contributed to the mortality difference.[ 5 ] Colorectal cancer Actual incidence rates for colorectal ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Roger A.L. Sutton, DM, FRCPC, FRCP, FACP,
December 2011
... of normal females, which results in different T-scores (0.5 to 1.0 SD units lower when normal male data are used) and ... of “osteoporosis” (defined as a T-score less than 22.5). Using the normal, young male value, 3% to 6% of men ... an incident hip fracture during follow-up, between 64%[ 5 ] and 28%[ 6 ] of these fractures have been attributed to ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Dan Bilsker, PhD,
December 2011
... Canada in contrast to 2857 male deaths from suicide).[ 4 , 5 ] Second, while accumulating empirical evidence confirms ... and India) males show a suicide rate that is 3.0 to 7.5 times that of women.[ 10 ] In Canada, the male suicide rate ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
December 2011
... proven benefits. The recent government announcement of $5 million for InspireHealth’s “Integrative Medicine”[ 2 ... cancer support programs. These “healing modalities”[ 5 ] include: • Naturopathic medicine (whose scope of ...
Letters /
BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
December 2011
... and the strength of the analgesic they are receiving.[ 5 ] A review of 2011 patients with metastatic bone pain in ...
Letters /
BY: Kevin W. Eva, PhD,
December 2011
... to its promotion by a global panel of assessment experts.[ 5 ] Context is important in judging the value of particular ...
News /
BY: Arlene Cristall, MSc,
December 2011
... if you just try!” From age 16, female: Start: height: 5'5", 165 lbs (BMI percentile: 95). Today: height: 5'6", 110 lbs (BMI percentile: 11). “At first I was like ...
News
December 2011
... case load (38.8%) and lack of available hospital beds (29.5%). When the responses to the survey questions are broken ...