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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2012
... and other types of clinical or scientific evidence.”[ 2 ]  The extent to which Health Canada’s messaging departs ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC October 2012
... must consider the many possible causes (see  Table 2 ). Drug doses and combinations   While some investigators ... calcium channel blocker (CCB) such as amlo­dipine.[ 2 ]  This recommendation is based on the ACCOMPLISH trial, ... potential to increase blood pressure are listed in Table 2.  Some of the data linking these agents to resistant ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB April 2012
... differently; they have devised a plan over the final 1 to 2 years of their careers. They have looked forward to their ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Philippa Hawley, FRCPC July/August 2012
... is usually helpful, sometimes dramatically so.[ 1 , 2 ]  Metha­done solution is also extremely cheap, ... lack of active metabolites, and safety in renal failure.[ 2 ] In addition, less constipation has been reported with ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD November 2012
... a physician in the British Army there. I left when I was 2 years old, too young to remember anything about it, but I ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC January/February 2012
... of men over 45 affected by tes­tosterone deficiency”[ 2 ] may cause un­necessary anxieties. The article is based ... we must ask six questions:  1. Who published it?  2. In what group of subjects was the study done? 3. Where was ...
Letters / BY: Stephen Malthouse, MD, May 2012
... which a highly diluted solution of bacteria was given to 2.3 million inhabitants.[ 8 ] In response to a growing ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2012
... and did medical school and graduated at 23. They have a 2-year rotating internship, so he did the first year in ... in the third year. So they’ve wasted a minimum of 2 years. Many of them have been out of practice for 10 years, ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Craig Martin, MD, December 2012
... undertook a national lung cancer screening study.[ 2 ] It involved more than 53000 former smokers and current ... spiral CT screening at the start, and then annually for 2 years. The results indicated a 20% lower death rate among ... re­ceive a medical exam, including a chest X-ray, every 2 years. We hope more eligible workers will come forward for ...
Premise / BY: A. Daniel Malebranche, MSc, MD, March 2012
... roles in the manifestation of cardiovascular disease,[ 2 ] then I suspect that the clinical judgment that has been ...