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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Brian F. Russell, MD, September 2011
... homeostasis and bone metabolism has long been recognized.[ 1 ] However, mounting evidence suggests that vitamin D may ... resulting in the hormonally active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3), which is responsible for most if not all of the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Pamela Verma, BSc, November 2011
... www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_38931816104&ap=1 This article has been peer reviewed.   MDs To Be Shelley ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: S. Michele Dalgarno, MD, March 2011
... Over 4 weeks should be considered in the danger zone. By 1 month, many pa­tients begin to develop a disability ... return to work in a few days and recover completely in 1 month; pain­ful flares will occur, but pain, in and of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kevin Farrell, MBChB, July/August 2011
... occur in 3% to 5% of children in North America and Europe[ 1,2 ] and in up to 14% of children of Asian origin.[ 3 ] In ... than 18 months.  Bacterial meningitis has been found in 1.8% to 5.4% of children presenting with a febrile seizure.[ ... EEG performed during the wake and sleep states within 1 week of a complex febrile seizure was normal in all 33 ...
Letters / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC October 2011
... the scientific validity of these guidelines last spring.[ 1 ] These guidelines are also consistent with recent guidance ...
Letters / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP December 2011
... there is less reporting of pain by the patient and staff[ 1 ] and less use of analgesics.[ 2 , 3 ]  Dr Chan notes that ...
News January/February 2011
... new bcmj.org officially launch­ed on 25 November, and on 1 December we selected the winner of our iPad draw. Dr Barry ... winner: Michael Yang, UBC Med­icine Class of 2014, Year 1 President, BSc(Hons), master’s of biotechnology. Thanks ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC May 2011
... British Columbia in 2008 following an alert from Alberta.[ 1 ] From early 2008 to February 2011, 45 cases were reported ... involving a purpuric eruption on earlobes and cheeks.[ 1 ],[ 6 ] The US recently reported that 69% of cocaine seized ... route of cocaine administration identified by cases.[ 1 ] There are likely additional unreported cases; a review of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rishi K. Bhalla, PhD, September 2011
... health care utilization, and increased suicide rate.[ 1-3 ]  Epidemiological data suggest that between 11% and 30% ... with baseline cognitive impairment remained impaired 1 year later despite having achieved remission of their ... poses for developing AD are described in  Figure 1 .[ 25 ] This model is based on findings that LLD is ...
Editorials / BY: S. Larry Goldenberg, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FCAHS November 2011
... lifespan is often presumed to be natural and inevitable.[ 1 ] One hundred years ago men and women had equal average ... of their husbands; at age 100 women outnumber men 8 to 1.  The loss of a father’s love and a male role model has ... about a diverse group of men’s health concerns. In Part 1 we begin with an article by me and Dr Robert MacMillan, a ...