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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... parties, commit to a program of evidence-based policy.”[ 9 ] Clearly alcohol-impaired driving is a major public health ... programs reduce impaired driving recidivism by 8% to 9%.[ 19 ] There is ample evidence that alcohol interlocks are ...
News March 2012
... p.m. This is the second health care award win in the past 9 months for the program; in June 2011 RACE received the ...
Obituaries / BY: M. VanAndel, MD March 2012
Dr Tom Handley died on 9 January 2012 after a 12-year struggle with prostatic ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME March 2012
... to activity, including work, occurred after 18.5 and 9.7 days, respectively. Again, these times were quite ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carolyn Gotay, PhD, April 2012
... burden for women and society. Approximately 1 in 9 Canadian wo­men will develop breast cancer at some time in ... that showed atypical hyperplasia, and race/ethnicity.[ 9 ]  Women who have a 5-year risk of 1.67% or higher using ... has been peer reviewed. ABSTRACT: Approximately 1 in 9 Canadian women will develop breast cancer at some time in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David Creighton, MSc, April 2012
... highest quintile (> 74.0 nmol/L) (n = 3958, P < .001).[ 9 ]  Serum 25(OH)D was not significantly associated with LDL ... Health and Nutrition Examination Survey study period.[ 8 , 9 ]  Low vitamin D and diabetes National Health and ... Hb1Ac by an average of 0.19% (n = 3958, P < .001).[ 9 ] Higher self-reported vitamin D intake has been associated ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, April 2012
... for mental health treatment. 2. When going through the PHQ-9 assessment, have your patients read and score with you to ...
MDs To Be / BY: Annika Klopp, BSc, April 2012
... who comes from a biomedical culture, among others.[ 8,9 ] To each interaction, medical students bring with them ... culture as the norm and health care culture as foreign.[ 9 ] This shifts the power of bicultural interactions into the ... a safe inter­action to be defined by the pa­tient.[ 4 , 9 ] Culturally safe care is providing care congruent with the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew J. Juren, MD, May 2012
... smokers to the realization that they need help.[ 9 ] Diagnosis of nicotine dependence can be made using simple ... and behavioral modification techniques are utilized.[ 9 ] Medical support Nicotine withdrawal in addicted ... concentration, increased appetite, and weight gain.9 Nicotine replacement therapy mitigates these symptoms ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David D. Sweet, MD, FRCPC May 2012
... key steps in the EGDT protocol rather than all steps.[ 6-9 ] These key steps are des­cribed below.[ 6 , 8-11 ]    ...