WorkSafeBC /
BY: D. Barry Carruthers, MD, CCFP, CIME, FCBOM,
July/August 2009
... silica. Crystalline silica particles that are greater than 5 µm are deposited in the upper airway. Particles in the ...
Editorials /
BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD
December 2009
... In this program, physician performance is reviewed every 5 years by reviewing completed questionnaires from 25 ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Christian Wiens, BSc(Pharm),
May 2009
... health care providers to adopt similar guidelines.”[ 5 ] Likewise, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Geoffrey W. Cundiff, MD,
October 2009
... over retropubic urethropexy in terms of patient recovery.[ 5 ] In fact, a Cochrane review concluded that TVT placement ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC,
January/February 2009
... native Japanese, 4.70 mmol/L for Hawaiian Japanese, and 5.50 mmol/L for Los Angeles Japanese. Beginning in 1957 Keys ... examined fat substitution using corn or soybean oil.[ 5,6 ] At the same time, the drug therapy trials focused ... on clofibrate and niacin, colestipol, or gemfibrozil.[ 5 , 7-13 ] On the whole, the drug trials were more successful ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Margaret Yandel, RD,
July/August 2009
... fat and restrict trans fat content of all other foods to 5% of total fat content of the food.[ 1 ] To ensure industry ... 65% of packaged cookies and 58% of popcorn are meeting the 5% trans fat limit. There has been great progress with ... that only 43% of products analyzed are meeting the 5% trans fat limit.[ 5 ] If significant progress is not ...
News
November 2009
... one student, one resident, and one early career physician (5 years post-residency) member who has demonstrated exemplary ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD,
May 2009
... 01 is further divided into classical and El Tor strains.[ 5 ] The newer serotype 0139 has acquired genetic material ... the early 19th century the population of London rose to 2.5 million through rapid urbanization and industrialization. ...
Letters /
BY: David M. Pelz, MD,
September 2009
... to be performed to prevent approximately 50 strokes at 5 years.[ 2 , 3 ] Over 75% of the patients in Chan’s series ... is no medical evidence supporting this misconception,[ 5 ] and until the results of the largest randomized ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Don D. Sin, MD, MPH, FRCPC,
March 2008
... (every year) and for pneumococcal pneumonia (every 5 to 10 years) is recommended for all patients unless ... support, such as with cognitive and behavioral therapy.[ 5 ] Cognitive therapy can include techniques of ... distraction, positivism, relaxation, and mental imagery.[ 5 ] Behavioral interventions can include avoidance of ...