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Clinical Articles / BY: Gibong Lee, BSc(Pharm), MD, July/August 2012
... were present in some of the ulcers examined ( Figure 1 ). Purpura in the pinna and the lobes of the ears were also ... 3 of 30.2) with atypical peri­nuclear pattern, ANA of 1:80, normal complements levels, and no cryoglobulins. By day ... million people identified as current (past month) users.[ 1 ] Levamisole has been isolated in 30% to 71% of cocaine ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Philippa Hawley, FRCPC July/August 2012
... effective is usually helpful, sometimes dramatically so.[ 1 , 2 ]  Metha­done solution is also extremely cheap, ... pain in palliative care. Despite this, fewer than 1 in 10 medical practitioners in BC are au­thorized to ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM July/August 2012
... was first reported in Italy at the end of 15th century.[ 1 ] Infections may be sexually transmitted as well as spread ... syphilis. Without treatment infections may resolve within 1 to 5 weeks.  Humoral antibo­dies against cardiolipin (a ... antigen (from animal sources) usually do not appear until 1 to 4 weeks after the chancre. During the time the ulcer ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP July/August 2012
Case 1: A 77-year-old man A 77-year-old man with diabetes, cardiac ... processes that are clearly linked to outcome.”[ 1 ] Typically we think of death as the worst possible ...
Letters / BY: Mark Fok, MD, FRCPC July/August 2012
... to mortality and in­creas­ed cerebrovascular accidents.[ 1 ]  We took the opportunity to review the UK ...
Letters / BY: Peter Coy, MB, July/August 2012
... subtitle of the 900-page 2012 Surgeon General’s Report.[ 1 ] The messages aimed at smokers (i.e., those on cigarette ... promotion efforts in spite of restrictions on marketing.[ 1 ] In the article about reducing the risk of breast cancer ...
Letters / BY: Michael J. Passmore, MD, July/August 2012
... toll on function, quality of life, and caregiver health.[ 1 ] As emphasized by Drs Fok and Dian, the treatment of ...
News / BY: Jean Lauzon, MD, FRCSC, July/August 2012
... for every death. In the Vietnam War, the ratio was 2.4:1. “That’s the reason the VA is being overwhelmed,” ...
News / BY: Sinden Luciuk, July/August 2012
... our licensed, noncommissioned insurance advisors at 1 800 665-2262 or BCMAInsurance@bcma.bc.ca . —Sinden Luciuk ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2012
... in costs over 2010, the bottom line is that the BCMA is $1.75 million in the black.  On the subject of membership ... The last time there was a dues increase was in 2005 (a 1% increase). Given the overall financial stability of the ...