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Letters / BY: Judith Hammond, July/August 2013
... wheat allergy as one of three gluten-induced conditions.[ 2 ] A small 2011 study recruited 34 patients who ... known food hypersensitivities). This was followed by a 2-week crossover trial—2 weeks of capsules with wheat followed by 1 week of washout ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bill Cavers, MD April 2013
... Division has been evaluating its needs for the last 2 years and has a database of member input upon which to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Zamil Karim, MD, FRCPC, October 2013
... bowel disease who are not taking corticosteroids,[ 1 , 2 ] the association of avascular necrosis and corticosteroid ... steroids and 28 patients on intravenous steroids.  Only 2 out of the 36 charts reviewed (6%) contained documentation ... steroids and 28 patients on intravenous steroids. Only 2 of the 36 charts contained documentation of discussion with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janet Kushner Kow, MD, MEd, FRCPC, March 2013
... with UI have been estimated at $5 billion per year.[ 2 ] Incontinence contributes to skin diseases, infections, ... second P in DISAPPEAR—is provided in  Table 2 .  When assessing a residential care patient for transient ...
News&Notes / BY: J.C.A. Morrant, MBBS, DObst, RCOG, DPM, FRCPC, June 2013
... demeanor left her “confounded and stupefied.”[ 2 ] Dr Dominique-Jean Larrey: A reluctant recommendation to ... you—you will suffer—you will suffer very much!”[ 2 ]  Dr Ribe, equally grim, followed suit by in­structing ... medical students. Dr Larrey was as “pale as ashes.”[ 2 ] Dr Dubois seemed agitated, but gave orders like a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM December 2013
... patients visit their physician for the first time or after 2 years from the first visit.[ 2 ] The BC Medical Association also supported the use of ... screening using UBT costs the province an estimated $1.2 million per year. An algorithmic approach using serology as ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Rajala MD, FRCPC, April 2013
... can lead to large reductions in cardiovascular risk.[ 2 ]  Dr Hellerstein spent much of his life promoting a ... control of modifiable risk factors are shown in  Table 2 .[ 19-21 ] In BC, patients attempting to quit smoking can ... found in other studies, including studies of the AHA Step 2 diet.[ 24-26 ] Interestingly, this effect appears to be ...
Letters / BY: Keith J. White, MD September 2013
... with the Shared Care Transitions in Care Initiative (Phase 2). Any physicians who would like further information about ...
Letters / BY: Simon Moore, MD, CCFP January/February 2013
... of the article by Fletcher and colleagues.[ 2 ] In this article, the majority of the new schedules were ...
News May 2013
... 1998, more than 180 Ascent alumni have raised more than $2 million—every dollar of which goes toward the cause.  BC ...