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Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2012
... and did medical school and graduated at 23. They have a 2-year rotating internship, so he did the first year in ... in the third year. So they’ve wasted a minimum of 2 years. Many of them have been out of practice for 10 years, ...
Letters / BY: Mark F. Masterson, MD, MSc, FRCPC, September 2012
... medical education (DME) in the last dec­ade.[ 1 , 2 ] In response, the Professional Association of Residents of ...
News / BY: Tara Lyon September 2012
... of the survey respondent draw, Dr Alison Harris, who won a 2-night stay at any Coast Hotel in Canada. —Tara Lyon News ...
News&Notes / BY: Gerd A. Asche, MD September 2012
... floating debris. Sections of the aircraft were recovered 2 days after the crash, and the pilot’s body was retrieved ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Ken Seethram, MD, FRCSC, FACOG September 2012
... lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, who typically spend from 2 to 10 years in her care.  “The algorithm gives me a ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Janet Friesen, MD, CIME, September 2012
... container and a bulkhead. She was trapped and hypoxic for 2 minutes. Initially, the worker was intubated. She had no ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC October 2012
... must consider the many possible causes (see  Table 2 ). Drug doses and combinations   While some investigators ... calcium channel blocker (CCB) such as amlo­dipine.[ 2 ]  This recommendation is based on the ACCOMPLISH trial, ... potential to increase blood pressure are listed in Table 2.  Some of the data linking these agents to resistant ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nadia A. Khan, MSc, MD October 2012
... treatment goal is a pressure level of less than 90 mm Hg.[ 2 ]  Data from the Hypertension Optimal Treatment (HOT) ... BP target by randomly assigning 4733 patients with type 2 diabetes to either an intensive BP-lowering group with a ... stroke, and death from cardiovascular causes (1.87% vs 2.09%; HR 0.88; 95% CI 0.73–1.06).[ 9 ] Intensive treatment ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Zena L. Simces, MA, October 2012
... in arterial structure and the function of large vessels.[ 2 , 3 ] The fracture of the individual elastin lamellae with ... ischemia and the development of cardiac hypertrophy.[ 2 ] Arterial stiffness–induced increased SBP with a ... resources and supports in the community.  Table 2  contains practical suggestions physicians can provide to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janusz Kaczorowski, PhD, October 2012
... also linked causally to kidney failure and dementia.[ 1 , 2 ] Healthy lifestyle choices coupled with early detection ... tests, and medications—was estimated to be almost $2.4 billion in 2007.[ 7 ] Blood pressure measurement Blood ... set to take multiple measurements automatically at 1- or 2-minute intervals. New research has established that similar ...