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Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB July/August 2006
... the lowest physician ratio of developed nations. Up to 5 million Canadians lack access to a family doctor. Current ... orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons to emigrate within 5 years? Finally, let’s apply a reality check on equality ...
Clinical Articles December 2006
... facial expressions. Recently, Levin and colleagues [5]  studied a cohort of 125 adults with mild traumatic brain ... in a wide variety of sleep disorders. Doses range from 1.5 to 24 mg. General treatment strategies Lee and colleagues ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maria Corral, MD, FRCPC April 2005
... therapy for 16 women with antepartum depression for 3 to 5 weeks. [2]  After 3 weeks of treatment, mean depression ... groups, those receiving morning bright light treatment for 5 weeks, and those receiving morning red light treatment (placebo) for 5 weeks. The study found that all 18 patients improved with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP September 2005
... prepared for end-of-life care of their patients. [5,6]  This is partly because palliative care is not a ...
Premise / BY: David Snadden, MBChB, MCISc, MD, FRCGP, FRCP (Edin) June 2005
... that are marginalized or experiencing relative poverty. [5]  These figures suggest that the difference in health ...
Obituaries / BY: Jonathan L. Kline, MD November 2005
... commander in the United States Navy Medical Corp for 5 years. His first-hand exposure to the psychological trauma ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ian L. Mitchell, MD, FRCP March 2005
... within 90 days of a TIA. Because 50% of these patients (5% of all TIAs) will have their stroke within 2 days of the ... (Zocor) 40 mg STAT then OD. 4. Ramipril (Altace) 2.5 mg STAT or perindopril erbumine (Coversyl) 2 mg STAT then ... but the risk of side effects is outweighed by the 2-day 5% stroke risk. One must use clinical judgment if relative or ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lesley A. Stevens, MD, FRCPC July/August 2005
... into evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. [5,6]  However, care for patients with kidney disease is ... males; one physician had been in practice for less than 5 years, two had been in practice for 5 to 10 years, and three had been in practice for more than ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard Eddy, MD May 2005
... is just over 8 hours. [2]   • Adults who get fewer than 5 hours of sleep will show a decline in peak alertness. [3] ... of alcohol and drugs in causing motor vehicle accidents. [5]   • Chronic loss of sleep, defined as 2 to 3 hours per ... and lack of initiative can all be observed after 5 to 10 days of chronic sleep loss. [7]  Those who are ...
Obituaries October 2005
... Damien, Danielle, and Devin. Funeral services were held on 5 September 2005 at the Schara Tzedeck Cemetery. —Barbara ...