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Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce B. Forster, MD, MSc, FRCPC May 2005
... disease to the Canadian economy was approximately $18.5 billion, more than for any other disease. [1] Primary ... it causes vessel obstruction and produces symptoms, [5]  earlier identification of this process should be part of ... in a low risk of a cardiovascular event in the next 2 to 5 years. [17]  This high negative predictive value can be ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Fred Bass, MD, DSc October 2005
... who smokes (either by chart-reminder or asking; 5 seconds), (b) asking their readiness to stop smoking (10 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pat Roles, MSW, RSW, BCATR January/February 2005
... factors for youth who develop eating disorders. [5]  When a young person is left out of a peer group, teased ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Laura MacDougall, MSc June 2005
... early symptoms and a febrile prodrome lasting 3 to 5 days. Fever is usually accompanied by chills and myalgias. ... America, particularly Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. [5]  HPS is not known outside of the Americas. Other viruses ... disturb contaminated soil, litter, or nesting materials. [5]  Another rare but potential route of transmission ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ian Gardiner, MD December 2005
... breast cancers are Stage 0 or Stage 1, with 5-year survival in excess of 95%. It is now accepted that ... other modalities, either singly or in other combinations. [5] A significant percentage of breast cancer patients have ... quadrant) foci in 7.1%, and contralateral foci in 4.5% ( Figure 4 ). They noted that the breast MR results ...
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 ...