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BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Sophie Y. Wang, BSc,
July/August 2014
... cause of community-acquired pneumonia in children under 5 years of age, with an estimated 826 000 deaths.[ 1 ] A ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
July/August 2014
... dementia[ 4 ] and a likely cause of death for this woman. 5. The culture of needing to do something. The very ... and disease-specific indicators of advanced disease.[ 5 ] The combination of the question and the two indicator ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Sean McGee, BSc (Hons),
July/August 2014
... to rise along with tuition, which recently increased by 5.1% between 2011/2012 and 2012/2013.[ 3 ] The Canadian ... influential general medical periodical in the world.”[ 5 ] Thus, these concerns are clearly also relevant to the ... science and the values of being a good physician.”[ 5 ] These values are exemplified by the selection criteria ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Anna R. Hayden, BASc, MD,
September 2014
... virulent and lead to more severe neurological sequelae.[ 3,5,6 ] Most commonly, C. gattii infection involves the ... similarly, but cryptococcomas are not often observed.[ 4,5 ] In addition to neurological abnormalities and clinical ... has been reported to be as high as 30%.[ 5 ] Cryptococcal immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: James G. Huang, MD, PGDipSurgAnat, FRACS,
September 2014
... studies. 4. Prospective screening studies. 5. Randomized control trials. To date, PSA is the only ... needed for PSA to return to baseline levels after DRE.[ 5 ] Cystoscopy can increase serum PSA levels fourfold, while ... the serum (as occurs in patients with Gleason score 4 or 5 cancers) its proteolytic activity is immediately ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH
September 2014
... supports an excellent safety profile of both vaccines.[ 5,6 ] This information comes from clinical trials and ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP
September 2014
... a C+. Canada received a D– because only 7% of kids aged 5 to 11 meet the guideline of 60 minutes of daily ... with kids to promote being active. We also use the 5-2-1-0 message, which stands for eating 5 fruits and vegetable daily, not having more than 2 hours of ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Ahmad Al-Sarraf, MD, FRCPC,
September 2014
... of permanent visual impairment is 500 per 10 000 (5%), which is roughly 9 times higher than that of the general ... for people who are under 18 or over 65 years old.[ 5 ] Prescription eye glasses (whether for cataract vision ...