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Letters / BY: David Kendler, MD March 2018
... Infections occurred in 54.4% of placebo patients and 52.9% of denosumab-treated patients. Serious adverse events of ...
MDs To Be / BY: Ryan Danroth, BSc March 2018
... cities without such programs, HIV incidence increased by 5.9% annually.”[ 2 ] However, one subject that is still ... implement prison needle exchanges in Canada,[ 8,9 ] but that call went unanswered by the Canadian government. ...
Obituaries / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD March 2018
... were calls to Jean that he would be late for dinner—9:00 or 10:00 p.m. Bedtime vignettes ended with Yan falling ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD January/February 2018
... record keeping. •    I will use more precise ICD-9 codes when billing. •    Very informative session, ...
News January/February 2018
... be used to terminate pregnancies at an early stage—up to 9 weeks from the start of the last menstrual period. Since 11 ...
News January/February 2018
... school or a designated faculty member.[ 3 ] Only 35.9% of students were satisfied with the outcome of having ...
News / BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH June 2018
... focused on 300 mg of daily self-administered isoniazid for 9 months. Alternatively, isoniazid can be given twice weekly ... through direct observed preventive therapy (DOPT) for 9 months as an option for vulnerable clients requiring ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ken Seethram, MD, FRCSC, FACOG June 2018
... 7 ] and free beta-hCG.[ 8 ]  Alpha fetoprotein (AFP).[ 9 ] Unconjugated estriol (uE3).[ 10 ] Pregnancy-associated ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel Shearer, BSc June 2018
... failed to account for important confounding factors.[ 8 , 9 ] However, despite study heterogeneity, one meta-analysis ... showed no increased risk of major congenital anomalies.[ 9 ] Finally, a prospective database study comparing fetal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elizabeth Taylor, MD, FRCSC June 2018
... as an increase in term delivery rate from 1.4% to 74.4%.[ 9 ] Uterine fibroids and endometrial adhesions may also be ... has proven superior to treatment with aspirin alone (42.9% live birth rate). The combination of heparin and low-dose ... loss. One study identified chronic endometritis in 9% of women with recurrent miscarriage, and found a ...