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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2012
... medical therapies. The concept of “curial deference”[ 4 ] is one that applies in situations where there is a claim ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David Florkowski, PhD, MEd, ATC, CSCS, CEAS, CFCE, November 2012
... and, if appropriate, he or she will attend treatment for 4 to 6 hours per day, 5 days per week, for up to 10 weeks. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David Creighton, MSc, April 2012
... D based on nonskeletal health outcomes such as CVD.[ 4 ] The recommended dietary allow­an­ces (RDAs) for vitamin ... 50 nmol/L are deemed to be inadequate for bone health.[ 4 ]  The tolerable upper intake levels (ULs) for vitamin D ... has a U-shaped relationship with cardiovascular disease.[ 4 ] Low vitamin D and hypertension Analysis of National ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sophia Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2012
... with primary hypercholesterolemia for a mean period of 7.4 years. The study subjects were divided into two groups: the ... such as the Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines,[ 4 ] the NCEP has taken a leading role in the diagnosis and ... indicate: •    Triglyceride concentration above 4.52 mmol/L (400 mg/dL). •    Presence of chylomicrons. ...
Letters / BY: Mark Fok, MD, FRCPC May 2012
... to 1.7), and possibly an increased risk of stroke.[ 3 , 4 ] For these reasons, second-generation antipsychotics have ...
News / BY: Sinden Luciuk, October 2012
... fee structure that currently approaches approximately 1.4% of the value of an average policy. Al­ternatively, you ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Horn, BA, March 2012
... 2-5 ] In British Columbia be­tween 1996 and 2010, a 4.5-fold in­crease in SGA prescriptions was seen for boys ... all patients on an SGA according to approved protocol. 4. Encourage preventive lifestyle practices. 1. Ensure the ... the referenced article by Panagiotopoulos and colleagues.[ 4 ]  There is no evidence to support the use of SGA ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gibong Lee, BSc(Pharm), MD, July/August 2012
... normal complements levels, and no cryoglobulins. By day 4 of admission, the patient had improved clinically. Her only ... US[ 2 , 3 ] and up to 46% of cocaine samples in Canada.[ 4 ] It is thought that levamisole is a preferred adulterant ... earlobe[ 8 ] and leg involvement, as well as neutropenia.[ 4 , 10 , 11 ]  Where our case differed from others was in ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Jannemé Frouws, MBChB, CCFP, December 2012
... 2 diabetes or at least IGT, his HDL is 0.81, his LDL is 4.8, his TGL are 3.4. He was referred to a cardiologist because he was short of ...
Obituaries / BY: R. John Hancock, MD, April 2012
... was an avid player and member of Shaughnessy for over 4 decades, where he apexed at a two handicap. He played all ...