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Clinical Articles / BY: Kristy Cho, MD, FRCSC May 2014
... breast lesions seen with mammography or ultrasound.[ 2 ] Other guidelines also support preoperative CNB in the ... isolated tumor cells with a maximum cluster diameter of 0.2 mm, which can be seen on cytokeratin immunohistochemical ... tests used to analyze the data for these patients were 2-tailed, with statistical significance established at  P ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC May 2014
... visit with a new family physician, is screened for type 2 diabetes. Would you include an HIV test in the blood work ... relationships and healthy reproductive futures.[ 2 ] When the benefit of early diagnosis and treatment became ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tom Warshawski, MD, May 2014
... risk factor for hypertension, stroke, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers. Unhealthy behaviors that ... obesity in children with a screening history using the 5-2-1-0 rule.[ 1 ] Protective factors include eating five or ... day, limiting recreational screen time to a maximum of 2 hours a day, getting 1 or more hours of moderate to ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2014
... for the next  BCMJ  excursion. Remember, you only have 2 years in which to save while anxiously scouring our ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB May 2014
... has been on the wall for a few years now—as I mentioned 2 years ago in my editorial on retirement ( BCMJ ...
News / BY: Dirk van Niekerk, MD, FRCPC May 2014
... done every year for the first 3 years, then continue every 2 years if results are normal.  Women should get regular Pap ...
News May 2014
... for communities at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes, most predominately in First Nations communities. ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Jonathan Fenton, MD, FRCS, May 2014
... and regain function, it is reasonable to wait a full 2 years before referring your patient to a specialist to ... activities. They may prescribe no weight bearing for up to 2 months. And, until the fracture is fully healed, they may ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Haroon Hasan, BSc, MPH, June 2014
... height.[ 9 ] Current treatment guidelines recommend 0.2 mg/day of growth hormone for young adult men with GHD and ... adult survivors of pediatric brain tumors (see  Table 2 ). The main benefits described by respondents include ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gil Kimel, MSc June 2014
... the dying holistically. Dr Mount then decided to conduct a 2-year pilot project to assess palliative care at the Royal ... retired and lives in Montreal with his family.[ 1,2 ]  The recent founding of the Heart Failure Supportive ... approximate survival rates are 66% for 1 year, 50% for 2 years, and 35% for 5 years, similar to cancer.[ 7,8 ] In ...