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Clinical Articles / BY: Jon Slater, MD, FRCPC, MBA, January/February 2014
... core and non-core privileges in diagnostic imaging.[ 9 ] The panel members agreed unanimously that the product did ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Malcolm Brigden, MDCM, FRCPC, FACP, January/February 2014
... as well as an abnormally high rate of bone reabsorption.[ 9,10 ] Not surprisingly, patients with MGUS also experience a ... and fracture than age- and sex-matched controls.[ 2-4 , 9 ] Specifically, there is an increased likelihood of developing vertebral and hip fractures.[ 9,10 ] For this reason, the Nordic Myeloma Study Group and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Karen Rideout, PhD, January/February 2014
... is associated with higher prevalence of diabetes[ 8,9 ] as well as cardiovascular,[ 8,9 ] dental,[ 10 ] and psychosocial9 outcomes in adults. ... Food-insecure women are more likely to be obese.[ 8 , 9 , 11 ] Researchers are conflicted as to whether these ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG January/February 2014
... emergency department in the early afternoon to assess a 9-year-old boy who had been brought in after a two-wheeled ...
News January/February 2014
... method.  •    Use the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) to aid in diagnosing and monitoring patients.  •    ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kostas Ioannou, MD, FRCPC, March 2014
... refined the device, reducing it to a size of 19.5 × 9.8 × 4.6 cm and a weight of 1 kg. Realizing the potential ...
Premise / BY: Siavash Jafari, MD, MHSc, FRCPC March 2014
... million people, which is more than 3 times that of HIV (9 per million).[ 1 ] Results from qualitative reports of BC ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ryan Wilson, BSc, April 2014
... increasingly as a source of pathogens in this setting.[ 7-9 ] Although monomicrobial infections are rare, they do ... individuals or are of odontogenic origin.[ 7-9,12 ] Case data A 44-year-old woman presented to the ... arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.[ 2 , 9,12 ] Additionally, periodontal disease and recent dental ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2014
... vaccine-related herpes zosteriform dermatitis. Case data A 9-year-old boy presented to a medical clinic in Kelowna in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ramesh Saeedi, MD, PhD, May 2014
... statin treatment. Statins decrease Lp(a) only modestly.[ 9 ] In patients with familial hypercholesterolemia, statins ... apheresis is the most effective way to lower Lp(a).[ 1-4 , 9 ] Mipomersen, an antisense oligonucleotide,[ 1,2 ] is a new ... B. The protein convertase subtilisin/kexin-type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor and cholesterol ester transfer protein ...