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Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: A. Sidhu, MD May 2024
... and knee function scores were improved with bracing.[ 5 ] Additionally, the bracing group had an increased walking ... at 3 and 12 months ( P = .03 and P = .04, respectively).[ 5 ] It was concluded that bracing was effective. The effects ... that 39% of the topical diclofenac group (consisting of 1.5% w/w diclofenac sodium) suffered from local skin dryness ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Alexander R. Hemy, MD October 2024
... and indirect socioeconomic and health care burden.[ 4 , 5 ] Clinical cases Case 1 Patient 1 is a 35-year-old woman ... been experiencing daily lower abdominal pain for the past 5 years. She has one bowel movement shortly after waking, ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Valerie C. Doyon, MD January/February 2024
... in sensitive or cosmetically important areas.[ 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 ] However, the margins of the subsequent wide local ... margin on average (SD 2.45 mm, n = 118). Of all biopsies, 5.3% (14/265) were too shallow and had positive deep margins. ... guidelines as punch biopsies (odds ratio 10.0; 95% CI, 5.36-18.7; P < .001). Reasons for not meeting guidelines were ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC May 2023
... of a health care system that contributes approximately 5% of the total greenhouse gases causing climate change. ... care. Review the Choosing Wisely Canada recommendations[ 5 ] for your specialty to identify frequently overused tests ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP October 2023
... codes account for only 0.6% of family practice and 1.5% of psychiatry billings for individuals 60 years of age and ... reflecting underdiagnosis or a secondary diagnosis.[ 5 ] Physicians, especially frontline primary care providers, ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2023
... drugs to be available for all. Canadians are 3 to 5 times more likely than residents of comparable countries to ... can afford to travel to the US if they really need care.[ 5 ] Many politicians have extolled the virtues of our system ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Laura Gentile, RD, MHA July/August 2023
... 1- or 2-time flexible sigmoidoscopy, and colonoscopy.[ 4 , 5 ] The results are the intention to screen results, which ... In June 2015, the Northern Health Authority, representing 5.5% of the screening age–eligible BC population, withdrew ...
Letters / BY: Bruce Nicolson, MD December 2023
... entered the health administration lexicon. Over the last 5 years, we as frontline health care providers have been ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD April 2023
... security and the right to health care. J Hum Secur 2015;11:5-18. Editorials Acknowledging land and Earth ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Karen Takai, MSc September 2023
... to work and to ensure that it occurs whenever possible.[ 5 ] Word choice can, at first glance, seem inconsequential, ...