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Clinical Articles / BY: Darcy Cox, PsyD, RPsych, ABPP, September 2011
... first-line treatment, with level I evidence for efficacy.[ 5-8 ] CBT in combination with appropriate medication is also ... pain, and for panic disorder with or without agoraphobia.[ 5,6 ]  In addition, level II evidence suggests probable ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Dan Bilsker, PhD, December 2011
... Canada in contrast to 2857 male deaths from suicide).[ 4 , 5 ]  Second, while accumulating empirical evidence confirms ... and India) males show a suicide rate that is 3.0 to 7.5 times that of women.[ 10 ] In Canada, the male suicide rate ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC January/February 2011
... treatments, the clinical illness resolved within 3 to 5 days. The addition of oral probiotics from different ... terms for general practitioners ( Table 1 ).[ 4 , 5 ]  The likelihood of developing infection largely turns on ... most infections will respond to a short course of 5 to 7 days. More indolent in­fections may require surgical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2011
... less abundant, and is less likely to feed on deer mice.[ 3-5 ] Studies have shown that infectivity rates are lower in ... 41 and 70 years of age (mean age 43.7 years, range 3.5–80.6). One-third of patients acquired their illness ... and California, with yearly incidence rates of less than 0.5 per 100000 population (including travel-related cases). ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Peter K.Y. Chan, MD, FRCPC, October 2011
... management is not appropriate as it can worsen delirium,[ 5 ] can contribute to further decline, does not address ... parkinsonian side effects (EPS), especially above 4.5 mg a day in the elderly.[ 21 ]  Prolonged QT syndrome and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Janet McElhaney, MD, March 2011
... undergoing an unprecedented demographic shift: in 2000, 12.5% of the population of British Columbia was aged 65 years, ... level of frailty, some improvement remains possible.[ 5 ] In a study by Lang and colleagues, researchers attempted ...
Editorials / BY: Kevin Farrell, MBChB, July/August 2011
... in primary care and emergency departments. Between 3% and 5% of children under 5 years of age will have a febrile seizure, and approximately 1.5% of children under 15 years of age will have at least one ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper November 2011
... Guide] process, which was quite difficult. It had taken 5 or 6 years before it culminated in 1995 during my ... lot of issues. What dangers does the BCMA face in the next 5 years? The next 5 years for the BCMA are going to be a major time of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC May 2011
... not been available in Canada for any purpose since 2005.[ 5 ] Levamisole is known to cause agranulocytosis in 3% to 10% ...
Letters / BY: James McCormack, BSc(Pharm) PharmD September 2011
... The overall rating for the course this year was 4.6/5.0, indicating that not everybody had the same experience as ...