News
June 2011
... three times a day in a drip that can take up to 4 hours, artesunate can be given in just 4 minutes, relieving both patient and staff burdens. Also, ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Charlene Kotze, MD,
October 2011
... injections in the treatment of mechanical back pain.[ 4 ] Epidurals are indicated only for the treatment of ... or malignancy, will improve substantially after about 4 weeks, regardless of the presence or absence of radicular ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: S. Michele Dalgarno, MD,
March 2011
... alert to the issue of elapsed time away from work. Over 4 weeks should be considered in the danger zone. By 1 month, ... and is contacted by a WorkSafeBC nurse advisor in 3 to 4 weeks. She continues to have pain, but is improving; ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Darcy Cox, PsyD, RPsych, ABPP,
September 2011
... a failure; and a belief that one is unlovable or unworthy.4 These beliefs contribute to a number of Axis I and Axis II ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Dan Bilsker, PhD,
December 2011
... in Canada in contrast to 2857 male deaths from suicide).[ 4 , 5 ] Second, while accumulating empirical evidence ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Doson Chua, PharmD, BCPS(AQ),
June 2011
... Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) guidelines.[ 4,5 ] Heart failure Clinical trials uniformly show that ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Darcy Cox, PsyD, RPsych, ABPP,
October 2011
... between normal aging and mild dementias.”[ 4 ] Diagnostic system review The current DSM-IV-TR diagnostic ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med,
March 2011
... mobility or reducing motor vehicle accidents.”[ 4 ] Assessing fitness to drive A fitness to drive assessment ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Catherine Elliott, MD,
July/August 2011
... levels (BLLs) in the range of 0.10 to 0.48 µmol/L.[ 3 , 4 ] The magnitude and nature of these effects vary based on ... factors (e.g., early childhood development).[ 4 ] Cognitive deficits associated with lead exposure can ... 15 µg/dL) resulted in average IQ increase of 2.2. to 4.7 points, which corresponded with a $100 billion to $319 ...
Letters /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
November 2011
... in Canada with strychnine as the active ingredient.[ 4 ] —H.C. George Wong, MD Vancouver Letters Real snake oil: ...