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Clinical Articles / BY: Basia M. Hamata, MD, January/February 2015
... of gene mutations affecting triglyceride metabolism.[ 9 ] Specific genetic tests are not available for clinical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ken Q. Little, MSc, March 2015
... for genital warts costs an estimated $1 million annually.[ 9 ] In addition to cervical cancer, HPV is believed to be the ... rated vaccine acceptability among parents at between 54.9% and 81%.[ 15 ] Because males are linked to the ... recommends the quadrivalent HPV vaccine for all males age 9 to 26.[ 16 ] For the most part, these vaccinations must be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amanzo A. Ho, BSc, April 2015
... 65.3 (SD 11.1) years. The population included 90 males (40.9%) and 130 females (59.1%). A history of failed colonoscopy ... to colonoscopy (e.g., diverticular strictures), and 2 (0.9%) who refused colonoscopy ( Table 3 ). CTC study quality   ... 6 mm or greater in diameter. The remaining 35 studies (15.9%) were suboptimal due to poor bowel distention (19 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jeffrey R. Brubacher, MD, April 2015
... zopiclone (0.6%), antidepressants (6.5%), and opiates (4.9%) were also detected. In total, 26.1% of drivers were ... appear to increase crash risk by 40% to 60%.[ 9,10 ] Unfortunately, evidence is lacking for other ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2015
... department and is sent over the hospital PA system at 9 a.m. Level 1 means the hospital is full, level 2 that it is ...
MDs To Be / BY: Csilla Egri, MSc, April 2015
... more the same than different.” This yielded 4.17 × 10 9  search results, of which none were carefully reviewed. ...
Obituaries / BY: Lesley Bentein, April 2015
... Winnipeg with Drs McPherson and Child, and associates for 9 years, supplying radiologic services to Winnipeg General ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martha J. Ignaszewski, May 2015
... being 2 times higher than in the general population.[ 9 ] As well as increasing CAD risk, these poor lifestyle ... After finding an overall rate of metabolic syndrome of 9.8% in unmedicated schizophrenic patients and 9.9% in first-episode patients, they saw the rate of ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD May 2015
... Worldwide (again from WHO statistics) in 2014, 1.9 billion adults over age 18 were overweight and 600 million ...
Letters / BY: Etela Neumann, MD, May 2015
... medical students. I have been teaching for the past 9 years. I’ve always felt that it is my responsibility to ...