Clinical Articles /
BY: Andrea K.Y. Lee, MD
May 2016
... vigorous-intensity physical activity for 40 minutes, 3 to 4 times per week.[ 3 ] Abiding by these guidelines over 12 ... by 2 to 5 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by 1 to 4 mm Hg. Although there are certainly benefits to exercise, ... this now appears to be true in fit individuals as well.[ 4 ] While obesity has been on the rise in developed ...
Letters /
BY: Joel Fox, MD (PGY-1 Psychiatry)
September 2016
... striking. The study on all forms of exercise in Taiwan,[ 4 ] however, showed a continued benefit with longer and more ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc
December 2016
... several countries including Taiwan and the United States. [4] In Canada, macrolide-resistance in S. pnuemoniae increased by 30% between 1995 and 1998. [4] S. pnuemonaie is an important cause of adult ... pneumonia, meningitis, bacteremia, and otitis media. [4] Another reason for concern is azithromycin resistance in ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Lisa Eunyoung Lee,
January/February 2016
... seen on MRI to extend over three or more spinal segments.[ 4 ] Defined as longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis ... populations, and often involves the autoantibody aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin or AQP4-IgG (also known as NMO-IgG).[ 6,7 ] This serum autoantibody targets the aquaporin-4 water channel and induces a series of biological events ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS
January/February 2016
... impact on surgeons and are strongly related to burnout.[ 4,5 ] Burnout occurs in 24% to 40% of American surgeons and ... 65 events: OR time scheduled when a surgeon was on call (4 events), OR time scheduled post-call (39 events), and full ... change in the number of events for each surgeon. Figure 4 shows simplified preimplementation and postimplementation ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jennifer Smith, BFA
January/February 2016
... per mile driven when compared with other drivers.[ 4 ] In BC, motor vehicle collisions are the primary cause of ... driver collision rates than roads in urban settings.[ 4 ] The higher crash incidence is associated with road design ... seatbelt use, and limited access to medical facilities.[ 4 ] Statistics Canada reports that approximately 85.0% of ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
January/February 2016
... the context of the multiple medications they are taking[ 4 ] before adding any new drugs or pursing complex ...
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 ...
Premise /
BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
January/February 2016
... at an early stage is still an ongoing struggle.[ 4 ] The toughest part is convincing physicians and surgeons ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: David Sheps, MD, MSc, MBA, FRCSC,
January/February 2016
... All these numbers were higher than originally thought.[ 4-6 ] Theoretically, since the position of the scapula ...