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Clinical Articles / BY: Andrea K.Y. Lee, MD May 2016
... per week is recommended to achieve health benefits.[ 2 ] Similarly, the American College of Cardiology recommends ... has been shown to decrease systolic blood pressure by 2 to 5 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by 1 to 4 mm Hg. ... during follow-up, with an increase in survival of 6.2 years in men and 5.6 years in women. In a subset of 5048 ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD July/August 2016
... on renal dialysis. He was dialyzed 188 times, and after 2 years he returned to his beloved Lillooet. In 1973 he was ...
Letters / BY: Joel Fox, MD (PGY-1 Psychiatry) September 2016
... U-curve is found in the study on Copenhagen joggers.[ 1 , 2 ] The study on runners in Texas[ 3 ] also showed a U curve ... or Texas, though the subgroup analysis in Copenhagen[ 2 ] was also around this length and showed a marked U-curve. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc December 2016
... for the treatment of genital chlamydia infection. [2]  A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials showed ... equal efficacy with no difference in adverse events. [2] Effectiveness In day-to-day usage, doxycycline and ... or 8 to 10 of the prescribed 14 doxycycline pills. [2] Antimicrobial resistance Azithromycin and other ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lisa Eunyoung Lee, January/February 2016
... disease of the central nervous system.[ 1,2 ] This debilitating disease is clinically and ... matter are found in children with features of NMOSD.[ 2,7,10 ] In July 2015, the International Panel for NMO ... disease and is understudied worldwide. Currently, 1 to 2 pediatric-onset NMOSD cases and 15 adult-onset NMOSD cases ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS January/February 2016
... for general surgeons because of an aging population,[ 1,2 ] 28.3% of Canadian graduates in general surgery are unable ... 19 events: OR time scheduled when a surgeon was on call (2 events), OR time scheduled post-call (5 events), and full ... holiday. Vernon Jubilee Hospital had a mean (SD) of 10.2 (8.2) preimplementation events and 3.2 (1.2) ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer Smith, BFA January/February 2016
... on public health and has reported that more than 1.2 million people are fatally injured every year.[ 1 ] ... 35.0% of all fatalities for 15- to 19-year-olds in 2001.[ 2,3 ] Young drivers are of particular concern because they ... vehicle type. Data for other factors considered ( Table 2 ) indicate that nearly one-third of drivers (28.7%) were ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
... are taking for primary or secondary disease prevention.[ 2 ] Dangerous adverse effects from medications titrated to a ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC January/February 2016
... laboratory testing yields a discriminating power of only 2.7 (or 1.35%). Armed with these simple figures it should be ...
Letters / BY: Ashley Roberts, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2016
... is a great deal of controversy around these decisions.[ 2-4 ] Although several studies have reported that oseltamivir ...