Clinical Articles /
BY: Jack Teng, PhD,
April 2011
... wildlife or domestic animals, particularly Lyme disease.[ 4 ] The low risk of contracting tick-borne zoonoses in the ... may be due to cross-reactions in the IFA.[ 24 ] Finally, 4.1% of the deer mice had evidence of infection with SNV. ... the deer mouse sera tested: 0% B. burgdorferi s.s. , 0.4% A. phagocytophilum , and 12.3% possible positives for ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Bonnie Wiese, MD, MA, FRCPC
September 2011
... rates in long-term care facilities (an estimated 40%).[ 4 ] Because of our aging population, it is expected that ... 1 ] If there is no significant improvement after 2 to 4 weeks on an average therapeutic dose, further increases ... if there is no improvement in depressive symptoms after 4 weeks or insufficient improvement in symptoms after 8 weeks ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
December 2011
... that up to 20% of gay men knew of the service, 2% to 4% had sent or received an e-card, and three-quarters said ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC
June 2011
... over the 12-year period ( Figure 2 ); 45 patients (48.4%) were male and most were between 41 and 70 years of age ... mean age of patients with travel-related disease was 40.4 years, younger than those who acquired Lyme disease in BC ... and acute serology is negative, a convalescent test 2 to 4 weeks later may aid in diagnosis. Because erythema ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD
October 2011
... suggests that delaying these foods for longer than 4 to 6 months does not prevent food allergies and may even ... waiting until 6 months of age before offering solid foods. 4. Is organic food more nutritious than non-organic food? ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC
March 2011
... and acute serology is negative, a convalescent test 2 to 4 weeks later may aid in diagnosis. However, early treatment ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Jeffrey R. Brubacher, MD,
July/August 2011
... Island found that 8.1% of drivers had been drinking and 10.4% tested positive for drugs, including 4.6% for cannabis.[ 1 ] The rate of cannabis use is even ... whereas people who used alcohol underestimate theirs.[ 2-4 ] Therefore, some researchers have suggested that ...
Letters /
BY: Ben R. Wilkinson, MB, FRCSC
November 2011
... time, which, since it was not urgent, would be in about 4 to 6 months. As it is a chronic problem, I decided against ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Sandra Sirrs, MD, FRCPC,
May 2011
... larger subgroup and are transmitted in mendelian fashion.[ 4 ] Genetics thus indicate there are two genomes involved in ... people and are much more common than previously realized.[ 4 - 6 ] Given the large number of nuclear genes involved in ... the mutation does not translate into clinical symptoms.[ 4 ] Thus, as a group, primary mitochondrial diseases are ...
News
September 2011
... rapidly; from 2.1 per 1000 population in 2004 to 2.4 in 2009, but points out that this remains well below the ...