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Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD June 2012
... far exceeds the risks associated with modest obesity.[ 2 , 3 ]  High-quality studies show many of the benefits of ... living with a chronic disease such as CVD, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and depression. It is no exaggeration to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janusz Kaczorowski, PhD, October 2012
... also linked causally to kidney failure and dementia.[ 1 , 2 ] Healthy lifestyle choices coupled with early detection ... tests, and medications—was estimated to be almost $2.4 billion in 2007.[ 7 ] Blood pressure measurement Blood ... set to take multiple measurements automatically at 1- or 2-minute intervals. New research has established that similar ...
Letters / BY: J. Gord McInnes, MD, FRCPC, April 2012
... No statistical analysis was conducted. The second study[ 2 ] had similar distressing issues. Five patients received ... later.  The first group had a reduction from 6.6 to 5.2 mEq/L in their serum potassium while the second group ...
Letters / BY: Mark Fok, MD, FRCPC July/August 2012
... needed to treat (NNT) are quoted as ranging from 5 to 11.[ 2 ] They conclude “antipsychotic drugs show minimal ... an additional 58 to 94 patients with gait disturbance.[ 2 ] Such information is useful for clinicians to make ...
News November 2012
... care hospitals (4.5%), or residences for seniors (2.6%). Census data from 2011 also show that although most ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... in order to limit antibiotic requests and hence use.[ 2 ] The medical practice audit is a powerful tool for ... sinusitis, conjuncti­vitis, and gastroenteritis.  Table 2  de­tails the breakdown of diagnoses for these ... to 13 November 48% of isolates were rhinovirus-like, 2% were parainfluenza, and 1% were adenovirus.[ 7 ]  During ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Ronette Haboosheh, MSc, RAUD, RHIP, May 2012
... with these claims are more than $20 million, with $2 million for hearing aid batteries alone. Given the ... to cause acoustic trauma is approximately 140 dB SPL.[ 2-4 ] Conductive hearing loss rarely results from noise, but ... hearing loss in the ear closest to the noise source.[ 2 , 5 , 6 , 10 ] NIHL Exposure to noise of moderate ...
News&Notes / BY: Gerd A. Asche, MD September 2012
... floating debris. Sections of the aircraft were recovered 2 days after the crash, and the pilot’s body was retrieved ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David Creighton, MSc, April 2012
... and various chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.[ 2,3 ]  More recently, compelling evidence has emerged ... each 40 nmol/L increase in ser­um 25(OH)D (approximately 2 SDs).[ 6 ]  Vitamin D has been shown to inhibit ... D intake has been associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. A 2011 meta-analysis of four observational ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, June 2012
... packages (up 5 percentage points), insurance packages (up 2 percentage points), representation to government (up 2 percentage points), negotiations (up 1 percentage point), and Club MD (up 2 percentage points). We’re very glad these numbers are ...