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Letters / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) September 2007
... community has found homeopathy sorely lacking.[ 1-5 ] Open-minded observers will, for example, ask whether the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Maia Love, BSc, BGS, January/February 2007
... young adults were in favor of motivational interviewing. [5]  Furthermore, motivational interviewing has been found ...
Letters / BY: Jeff Lynskey, MD, June 2007
... overhead study show that the average GP’s overhead is 41.5%, while the average specialist’s is 36.4%. The range for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hin Hin Ko, MD November 2007
... lifestyle) have been investigated in previous studies, [5-7]  little research has been done to compare the relative ... presented were chosen based on a literature review [ 5 ],[ 6 ],[ 8 ] and discussions with medical students, ... “not at all helpful.” The rest of the students, 43.5%, found their mentors “somewhat helpful” or “pretty ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP April 2007
... group education sessions that run for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 15 business days. They provide education ... include job site visits and monitoring for up to 6 weeks. 5. Post-discharge follow-up Post-discharge follow-up, once a ... worker is referred to the program, intake is typically 5 business days. In the first three quarters of 2006, the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP September 2007
... from certain work practices, such as: • Recapping: 5% of needlestick injuries occur when workers recap used ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, December 2007
... and ultramarathons, including 22 Bos­ton Marathons and 5 gruelling Western States 100 Endurance Runs—completing ... pectoris (0.7/1000/year versus 0.4/1000/year versus 0.5/1000/year).  As a further test of their hypothesis the ... be related to the incidence of ischemic heart disease.”[ 5 ] Between 1956 and 1960 they undertook thorough clinical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hin Hin Ko, MD June 2006
... (HBV) infections in the Canadian Inuit population is about 5% (20 times that of non-Aboriginal Canadians), and the risk of exposure to HBV is 25% (5 times higher). [8]  In the First Nations population, the ... (1% to 18%) than among non-Aboriginal populations (0.5% to 2%). [8] Similarly, high rates of viral hepatitis have ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP December 2006
... • The average time between injury and death was 5.5 years. • 10 of the individuals had at least one referral ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ian L. Mitchell, MD, FRCP March 2006
... Ulcerative colitis Ulcerative colitis is associated with a 5% annual incidence of cancer of the colon. Confirming the ... category. Diagnostic colonoscopy initially and on a 5-year term virtually eliminates the risk of death from colon ... rate, and stool for occult blood has a 41% detection rate. 5) Prostate cancer Detecting and diagnosing prostate cancer ...