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Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD June 2012
... raising the question, “Is obesity the wrong target?”[ 1 ] I firmly believe that it is. The obesity epidemic has ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Janusz Kaczorowski, PhD, October 2012
... is also linked causally to kidney failure and dementia.[ 1 , 2 ] Healthy lifestyle choices coupled with early ... be set to take multiple measurements automatically at 1- or 2-minute intervals. New research has established that similar readings are obtained at both the 1-minute and the 2-minute mark, allowing for use of the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leslie A. Sadownik, MD, MEd, FRCSC, January/February 2012
... prevalence of this condition range from 4% to 28%.[ 1-2 ]  The majority of women with vulvodynia (90%) will seek ... resources (human and financial) mean the program operates 1 day per week and is limited to women with PVD only. The ... characteristics of participants are presented in  Table 1 .  Participants reported having pain during intercourse ...
MDs To Be / BY: Annika Klopp, BSc, April 2012
... groups of the various Aboriginal groups in Canada.[ 1 ]  Another afternoon, we learned about the medicine wheel ...
Letters / BY: Michael J. Passmore, MD, July/August 2012
... toll on function, quality of life, and caregiver health.[ 1 ] As emphasized by Drs Fok and Dian, the treatment of ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Evoy, PhD, November 2012
... the medical system. In his 2008 editorial, Nick Goodwin[ 1 ] noted that several attempts in the United States at ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... outcomes and has concerned researchers for many years.[ 1 ] While there is a general perception that antibiotic use ... 93 cases (82.8%) the parents were im­migrants.  Table 1  lists the countries of origin for all immigrant ... Control reported for two similar time periods in 2010: for 1 September to 1 October 51% of viral isolates were possibly ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Monika Hudoba, MD, FRCPC June 2012
... even though their platelet counts are low.[ 1 , 2 ] This means HIT often results in major venous and ... heparin than with low molecular weight heparin (1% to 5% vs <1%). Other risk factors for HIT include recent surgery and ...
News&Notes / BY: Gerd A. Asche, MD September 2012
... Boaters arrived at the accident site in less than 1 minute, however, the aircraft had already sunk amid a small ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC December 2012
... supplements that exceed the limits of its partial ban.[ 1 ] However, the current natural health product compliance ...