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Physician Spotlight / BY: J. Pawlovich, MD July/August 2015
... was exemplified for him under the open prairie sky over 7 decades ago. Holding the sweat-soaked reins of two ... with Spirt River and the people blossomed over the 7 years JP was there. It was a special time. Some might say ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Basia M. Hamata, MD, January/February 2015
... ] The lipid phenotype frequently overlaps in FCH and FH.[ 7 ] To date, no specific genetic cause of FCH has been ... 5 ).[ 11 ] Familial low HDL Plasma HDL-C below about 0.7 mmol/L is usually indicative of an inherited mutation ... LDL-C > 4.5 mmol/L, triglycerides > 4.0 mmol/L, HDL-C < 0.7 mmol/L, non-HDL-C > 5.1 mmol/L, apoB > 1.3 g/L. In the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Naveed Z. Janjua, MBBS, DrPH January/February 2015
... drugs with cure rates approaching more than 95%.[ 7 ] The simplicity and tolerability of newer treatments opens ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD January/February 2015
Christmas came early for me on Friday, 5 December at 7:31 a.m., when I received the results of the vote of our new ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Cathy Clelland, MD January/February 2015
... records. 6.    Remuneration supports the model of care. 7.    Quality improvement and patient safety are key ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ken Q. Little, MSc, March 2015
... HPV-16 and HPV-18 accounting for around 70% of cancers,[ 7 ] the morbidity and mortality associated with HPV are not ... higher in those who had been in Canada for fewer years: 7 of 34 (20.6%) in the 0 to 10 years group had been ... the cost of the vaccine was the most significant barrier, 7.5% indicated they were unaware that HPV could affect men, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM March 2015
... children under age 5, replacing the pneumococcal conjugate 7-valent vaccine (PCV7). In 2013 the National Advisory ... disease of 75% (95% CI, 29%-92%) was observed,[ 7 ] and several studies in Europe and the US of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amanzo A. Ho, BSc, April 2015
... change in bowel habits, abdominal pain, weight loss), 16 (7.3%) with a family or past history of colorectal cancer or ... colonoscopy or surgery was performed in 39 patients (17.7%), with reports available for 36 of these. Pathology ... 29 colonic lesions, including 6 advanced adenomas, 7 adenocarcinomas, and 1 peritoneal metastasis from a primary ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jeffrey R. Brubacher, MD, April 2015
... in 5.4% of drivers, cocaine in 4.1%, amphetamines in 1.7%, opiates in 1.1%, and benzodiazepines in 0.1%.[ 1 ] ... of drivers tested positive for cannabis metabolites, and 7.3% were positive for THC, indicating recent use. Cannabis ... suggest an increase crash risk, but evidence is limited.[ 7,8 ] Prescription medications are difficult to study because ...
News&Notes April 2015
... issue highlighting 20 papers that are the outcome of a 7-year project mapping the epigenome. The project, called the ...