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Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC May 2012
... reports on arsenic toxicity from homeopathic treatment.[ 4 ]  There is a sad report at Dna Tube, a scientific video ...
Letters / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB October 2012
... Association annual meeting, held in Yellowknife over 4 days in August. Yellowknife’s secondary schools doubled ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... and its implementation has a considerable history.[ 3 , 4 ] It can be applied to both general practice and specialty ... 51% of viral isolates were possibly rhinoviruses and 1.4% were parainfluenza; for 3 October to 13 November 48% of ... age.  During the physical examination, 9 of 204 patients (4.4%) inquired about antibiotics; again, all were adults, ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Hal D. Gunn, MD, June 2012
... loss was found to reduce breast cancer recurrence by 24%.[ 4 ] •    An RCT found that a program of health ... studies of all InspireHealth patients with stage 4 colon cancer (121 patients), stage 3B and 4 lung cancer (122 patients), and stage 4 breast cancer (119 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2012
... recent Cochrane review has highlighted these limitations,[ 4 ] pointing out that in a good year it takes 33 vaccine ... year and a 25% chance in a “good match” year.[ 4 ]  Serious adverse events from the vaccine are rare, and ...
Letters / BY: J. Gord McInnes, MD, FRCPC, April 2012
... patients were never mentioned again) had a de­crease of 0.4 mEq/L in their serum potassium in the first 24 hours. No ... second group (sorbitol only) had a reduction from 6.3 to 4.6 mEq/L. No real conclusion can be drawn from this study ... after a placebo, then serum potassium was measured at 4, 8, and 12 hours after administering 30 grams of Kaexylate, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC October 2012
... patients with chronic problems such as hypertension.[ 4 ] Concerns about the potential adverse effects of some ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP January/February 2012
... Kids Canada report of 2011 found that only 9% of boys and 4% of girls reach this target as determined by the Canadian ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC June 2012
... of heroin-related deaths due to increased heroin potency.[ 4 ] Unintentional death from opioid overdose is preventable ...
News November 2012
... homes, chronic care, or long-term care hospitals (4.5%), or residences for seniors (2.6%). Census data from ...