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News June 2013
... than did the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 4 out of 5 years from 2007 to 2011. The largest gap was in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hans Krueger, PhD, July/August 2013
... opinion that screening be initiated at the age of 21.”[ 4 ]  A review of the literature suggests four reasons for ... and precancerous lesions common in younger women, and (4) the likely harms associated with screening. Low incidence ... prominent with age: 7.5% in wo­men younger than 25, 12.4% in women 25 to 34, 13.7% in women 35 to 44, 15.7% in women ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Lorraine McIntyre, MSc July/August 2013
... commercially sold shellfish in Canada for over 30 years.[ 4 ] Canada has an extensive, well-managed shellfish control ... poisoning have only been found on the east coast.[ 4 , 6 ] Monitoring for amnesic shellfish poisoning has been ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM July/August 2013
... the patient is in no condition to give informed consent.[ 4 ] Families are often worried about their loved one being ...
Letters / BY: Judith Hammond, July/August 2013
... with a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover design.[ 4 ] A total of 920 patients with IBS symptoms and without celiac disease un­derwent a 4-week elimination diet (excluding wheat, cow’s milk, eggs, ...
Letters / BY: John Miller, MD, July/August 2013
I have been doing locums half time for the past 4 years. Prior to that I worked as a full-service family ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2013
... that the BCMA Finance Committee set aside $1 million to $4 million to resolve the issue. Members had no appetite for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sophia Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2013
... the most common genetic metabolic disease of consequence.[ 4 ] An autosomal condition with complete penetrance, hFH ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Winsby, MD September 2013
... how they would administer the incentives. In just under 4 months, 98 assigned In-patient Care networks comprising ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2013
... is Elizabeth, who is 8 years old and going into grade 4 at St. Michaels University School. She is very musical; she ...