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Letters / BY: Stephen Malthouse, MD, May 2012
... that confirm the safety of homeopathic medicines.[ 1-4 ] An excellent case series report from Israel using ... the number of cases fell from the forecast 38 to 4 per 100000 per week, while in the neighboring provinces the ...
Letters / BY: Mark Fok, MD, FRCPC May 2012
... to 1.7), and possibly an increased risk of stroke.[ 3 , 4 ] For these reasons, second-generation antipsychotics have ...
News / BY: Clare O'Callaghan, May 2012
... a treatment option that provides psychiatric care within 4 to 6 weeks of referral. Using group medical visits for ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Ken Seethram, MD, FRCSC, FACOG May 2012
... in the group medical visits also received treatment 4 to 5 months earlier than they otherwise would have, on ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Ronette Haboosheh, MSc, RAUD, RHIP, May 2012
... to cause acoustic trauma is approximately 140 dB SPL.[ 2-4 ] Conductive hearing loss rarely results from noise, but a ... deterioration is typically in the 3000 to 6000 Hz range.[ 4 , 5 , 13 ] However, a 4000 Hz audiometric notch can also be ... in individuals who have never been exposed to noise.[ 4 , 13 ] Hazardous noise contributes to hearing loss most ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Monika Hudoba, MD, FRCPC June 2012
... of platelets by heparin-dependent platelet factor 4 (PF4) antibodies, which become detectable 5 days or more ... for HIT include recent surgery and female gender.[ 3 , 4 ] If the diagnosis of HIT cannot be confirmed, then the ... found, however, in other comparisons. For instance, only 4% of patients (2/53) with a low 4Ts score (< 3) tested ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC June 2012
... of heroin-related deaths due to increased heroin potency.[ 4 ] Unintentional death from opioid overdose is preventable ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2012
... medical therapies. The concept of “curial deference”[ 4 ] is one that applies in situations where there is a claim ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB June 2012
... offer consultation appointments in 2, 3, and even 4 years. Yet newly trained orthopaedic graduates can’t get ... Politicians tend to operate in electoral cycles of up to 4 years. As physicians, we should understand that this is not ... follow-up, having undergone a knee ligament reconstruction 4 months previously. I told him his knee felt stable, and ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD June 2012
... more emphasis on encouraging patients to be more active.[ 4 ] A commitment of 30 minutes in 24 hours is not huge and ...