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Clinical Articles / BY: Rosemary Basson, MD, FRCP(UK) March 2016
... stresses as well as environmental stresses.[ 9 ] It is currently thought that stress can be responsible ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Benjamin Millar, MD, March 2016
... social media, though this sentiment is not ubiquitous.[ 9,10 ] Many studies with small sample sizes and surveys of ... not consider this platform for professional purposes.[ 9,11,12 ] Arguments in favor of using social media as part of ... practices); and opportunities for personal branding.[ 9 ] However, there are also concerns raised—the difficulty ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP March 2016
... treatment with a recommended regimen such as INH for 9 months. For more information If you have a query or need ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ahmad Abdullah, MD, April 2016
... oral ASA (100 mg daily) administered for 28 days.[ 9 ] The study showed iloprost to have clearly superior ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel J. Lithwick, MHA, April 2016
... of the condition in the study population. Approximately 9% of athletes had positive findings on initial screening, ... examination, baseline ECG, and exercise stress test.[ 9 ] Upon investigation of the program, there was a marked ... SCD.[ 11 ] However, over the course of the study only 9 out of 37 807 subjects were identified as high-risk (i.e., ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC, April 2016
... data were available, SCD was related to exertion in only 9% of decedents age 2 to 40, but increased to 24% in those ... cardiomyopathy (ARVC). Other causes of SCD[ 3,6,9,14,17-20 ] include myocarditis, coronary artery anomalies, ... branch block pattern, ARVC must be strongly suspected.[ 9,23 ] Due to the nonspecific nature of ARVC, magnetic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James McKinney, MD, MSc, April 2016
... physically inactive drivers (overall annual incidence of 1.9/1000 for conductors versus 2.7/1000 for drivers). ... inactive, low, medium, high, or very high activity.[ 9 ] Participants in the low-volume activity group who ... reduced by 4% and all-cancer mortality was reduced by 1%.[ 9 ]  Physical activity and risk reduction An extensive ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Andrew Hurlburt, MD April 2016
... 25% of those infected with Zika virus develop symptoms.[ 3,9,10 ] These include fever, maculopapular rash, arthralgias, ... nonpurulent conjunctivitis, headaches, and myalgia.[ 3,9 ] The incubation period is between 3 and 12 days, and the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM April 2016
... little attention during medical training in Canada.[ 9 ] It is necessary to address this gap. As demonstrated by ...
Articles / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC December 2016
... trials, egg freezing has received mainstream attention.[ 6-9 ] Pregnancy rates with frozen eggs now match those achieved ... The researchers found that 137 of these subjects (9.3%) had returned to use their eggs, that the average age of ... the improving efficiency of our freezing techniques.[ 5,9 ] The best chance for a future pregnancy appears to result ...