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Clinical Articles / BY: James G. Huang, MD, PGDipSurgAnat, FRACS, September 2014
... by PSA testing alone, and 34% more than by DRE alone.[ 8,9 ] Used alone as a screening tool, transrectal ultrasound ... PSA level above the age-adjusted median of 0.7 to 0.9 ng/mL in men younger than 60 predicts an increased risk of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH September 2014
... it has been routinely offered to girls in grades 6 and 9 in BC. Despite its benefits and organized program for ... that for other vaccines given or assessed in grades 6 and 9, including hepatitis B, meningococcal C, and the combined ...
MDs To Be / BY: Ahmad Al-Sarraf, MD, FRCPC, September 2014
... visual impairment is 500 per 10 000 (5%), which is roughly 9 times higher than that of the general population. Cataracts ... practices is centred on the Vancouver General Hospital.[ 9 ] There are currently five practising ophthalmologists ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Murray Trusler, MD, MBA, FCFP, FRRMS, October 2014
... with a median TTR of 68% had a hemorrhagic stroke rate 9 times higher than that found in Sportif V at 0.9% in its warfarin control arm. How do we explain the ... in the warfarin arms of the multinational RCTs are 7 to 9 times higher than the rate in the North American Sportif V ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mariana Brussoni, PhD, October 2014
... and suffered more severe injuries than younger riders.[ 9 ] Another study found that patients over 50 with ... longer LOS, on average, than younger male motorcyclists (9.9 days versus 7.0 days; z = 6.07, P < .001). Using the iDOT ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC October 2014
... mothers, people with heart conditions, and the elderly.[ 9 ] Despite this advisory, e-cigarettes are readily available ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFP, November 2014
... but many of these medications are still prescribed,[ 9 ] contributing to the increase in polypharmacy among the ... patients in residential care are prescribed an average of 9 medications (range 1 to 42) (personal communication by ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Horkoff, MD, FRCSC November 2014
... in the context of DISH is conservative or surgical.[ 7-9 ] Patients who have minimally bothersome symptoms should be ... which consists of consuming soft foods and liquids.[ 8,9 ] The involvement of a dietitian may be helpful in ... reported as occasionally helpful in reducing symptoms.[ 9 ] Where conservative management fails to control symptoms ...
Back Page / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC November 2014
... exercise may cause in those with mumps. D-Day came 9 weeks later at 6:30 a.m. on 6 June 1944. Fortunately, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Raymond Li, BSc(Pharm), MSc November 2014
... 22 therapeutic errors, 47 cases of suspected suicide, and 9 cases of misuse or abuse. Sixty-four cases were referred to ... 11 exposures in older children and adolescents, including 9 suicide attempts. More than half experienced moderate to ... removal of bupropion from some US prison formularies.[ 8,9 ] Intravenous abuse has also been reported and has resulted ...