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Letters / BY: Sheri Souch, October 2011
... have been missed if changes to testing had not occurred.[ 1 , 2 ] Even current Canadian studies are finding novel ... were collected, Henry and Morshed state that less than 1% of those ticks tested positive for Bb. In their own words, ...
News October 2011
... WHO, Canada’s dispensation of the drugs increased by 13.1%. The amount of all dispensed strong opioids rose from 20.3 ... While the volume of dispensed strong opioids rose by 42.1% (7.6 to 10.8 DDD/1000 people), the volume of weak ones ...
News / BY: Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC October 2011
... treatment or in remission and off treatment for less than 1 year. • Hematopoietic stem cell transplants. ... with chlorine, filtered, or UV treated, boil for at least 1 minute (2 minutes at elevations >2000m). •  Filters . Filters used should be labeled as “Absolute” (1 micron or smaller), meeting ANSI/NSF International Standard ...
Premise / BY: Stuart Kreisman, MD October 2011
... of exposure to secondhand smoke can be considered safe.[ 1 ]  Certain individuals are at increased risk, including ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Charlene Kotze, MD, October 2011
... volunteers had normal MRIs of the lumbar spine.[ 1 ] At least one disc bulge was found in 52%, 27% had disc protrusions, 14% had annular tears, and 1% had frank disc extrusions. Risks of imaging Imaging of the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert D.H. MacMillan, MD, FRCSC, November 2011
... social exclusion (homelessness), and food security,[ 1 ] also play a role in men’s health.  Socially defined ... could be developed, each done weekly on the same night:  1. Cardiovascular health. Hy­pertension, diabetes, and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stacy L. Elliott, MD, November 2011
... prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) was 49.4%,[ 1 ] and therefore ED affects an estimated 3 million Canadian ... cardiac death.[ 11 ]  Since penile arteries are typically 1 to 2 mm in diameter—notably smaller than coronary ... Interestingly, in this same study, all patients with type 1 diabetes and ED actually developed sexual dysfunction ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard A. Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC November 2011
... affects ap­proximately 40% of men aged 45 or older,[ 1 ] although less than 5% of these men are actually diagnosed ... clarify its prevalence and associated comorbid illnesses.[ 1-3 ] Causes The principal causes of hypogonadism are ... and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).[ 1 ]  Table 1  lists some of the specific and less-specific ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rob Gair, BSc (Pharm), November 2011
... metoprolol, ASA, and warfarin.  A serum digoxin level, 1 month prior to admission, was within the therapeutic range at 1.6 nmol/L. During the ensuing period she developed a ... she continued to take the same dose of digoxin and 1 month later presented again to emergency with weakness, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Bill Mackie, MD November 2011
... intended to promote growth in food animals.[ 1 ]  In 1986, Sweden became the first country to regulate ...