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Clinical Articles / BY: Zena L. Simces, MA, October 2012
... kidney disease and vascular cognitive impairment.[ 4 , 5 ] Evidence that antihypertensive drug therapy in older ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janusz Kaczorowski, PhD, October 2012
... over 54% of strokes, 47% of ischemic heart disease, and 13.5% of all deaths worldwide could be attributed to high BP.[ 5 ] Also in 2001, worldwide direct medical costs related to ... (25.3% of the population studied) was 6.7 (95% CI 5.3–8.5) compared with 8.8 (95% CI 7.6–10.1) for patients ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David Roth, MSc, October 2012
... This compares with an overall provincial TB incidence of 5.3 per 100 000 population in 2010.[ 1 ] TB incidence was ... Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Prevention and Control.[ 5 ]  —David Roth, MSc —James Johnston, MD, MPH ...
Letters / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB October 2012
... contri­buted by BC. Subjects included the environment (DM 5-32, 5-33, 5-34) refugee health (DM 5-44), trainee duty hours (DM 5-38), ...
MDs To Be / BY: Katie Wiskar, MD, FRCPC October 2012
... time between 2009 and 2010, falling from 48% to 43%.[ 5 ] Studies with both American and Canadian physicians show a ... 6 hours per night, with one in five sleeping less than 5 hours.[ 18 ]  To address this, limits on resident duty ... (either their own GP or a walk-in clinic) in the past 5 years.[ 26 ] Researchers in many countries including ...
Premise / BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med, October 2012
... and, as per the article’s example of a Gail Risk Score,[ 5 ] the average 60-year-old woman would be assigned a 1.67% 5-year risk of developing a breast cancer,[ 5 ] which is stated to be a high-risk percentage: presumably ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David Florkowski, PhD, MEd, ATC, CSCS, CEAS, CFCE, October 2012
... an accepted claim and a physician’s re­ferral for up to 5 weeks of treatment, with a maximum of three visits per week and one treatment per day. For treatment beyond 5 weeks, the registered massage therapist must submit a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alan T. Bates, MD, PhD November 2012
... versions of illegal substances (e.g., Her­bal Ecstasy)[ 5 ] and were likely regarded as being safer because they were ... advertising equivalent doses.[ 6 ] It is estimated that 12.5 million US adults used ephedra between 1996 and 1998.[ 7 ] ... and consolidated negative public opinion about its use.[ 5 ] Despite the ban on ephedra and tight regulation of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sol Gregory, MD, November 2012
... posttrauma with a crystalloid solution of between 3 and 5 millilitres per kilogram per percentage of total body ... and mortality related to over-resuscitation with fluids.[ 5-7 ] Complications such as acute respiratory distress ... to address these potentially avoidable complications.[ 5 , 6 , 8 ]  In light of changing perspectives on burn ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD November 2012
... to Thursday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Patients can contact a registered dietitian for ...