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Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, December 2009
... AF is more than that for all other arrhythmias combined.[ 1 ] In addition to reduced quality of life, functional ... - 4 ] While the overall prevalence of AF is approximately 1% in the general population, the incidence and prevalence increases significantly with age, affecting 1 in 25 over the age of 60 years and nearly 1 in 10 over the ...
News / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD March 2009
... Desktop Publishing Centre Ltd., 2008. ISBN 978-0-9694983-1-5. Paperback, 536 pages. $43 (Duthie Books); $47.95 (UBC ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc June 2009
...  and  Streptococcus pyogenes  (see the  Figure ).[ 1 ]  S. pneumoniae  (pneumococcus) is the most common cause ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP October 2009
... be trying to achieve? An article by Ross and Janiszewski[ 1 ] references multiple studies showing that a reduction in ... men. This cohort study determined mortality rates of 27.1, 23.6, and 18.4 per 1000 person years in groups with low, ...
Letters / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP April 2009
... Levy ( “Solving the primary care crisis,” BCMJ 2009;51[1]:12-13 ). As an FMG who has practised in the distant ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Margaret Yandel, RD, July/August 2009
... saturated fat raises both LDL and HDL cholesterol.[ 1 ] According to Stener and Dyerberg, “Gram for gram, trans ... all other foods to 5% of total fat content of the food.[ 1 ] To ensure industry is making progress in meeting the ... phone line through Dietitian Services at HealthLink BC (8-1-1) have been developed. —Margaret Yandel, BHE —Kathy ...
Letters / BY: Albert W. Chan, MD, FRCPC, November 2009
... services department in Canada”  BCMJ 2009;51[1]:14-19 ).  With every new or competing medical technology ... symptomatic or asymptomatic high surgical risk patients,[ 1 ] we are still waiting for the results of the clinical ... if we could show that CAS could be done safely with <1% periprocedural risk of stroke, <1% for MI, and 0% ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2009
... the Minnesota Business and Professional Men’s Study.[ 1 ] Along with Henry Taylor, Keys recruited 286 ... ] reported a “cholesterol benefit ratio”: for every 1% reduction in cholesterol a 2.5% reduction in CVD incidence ... was the WOSCOPS trial,[ 20 ] which was published only 1 year after the 4S trial. Like 4S, it was a landmark trial ...
News May 2009
... not yet been selected to begin EMR implementation. As of 1 April, all physicians who have applied have been ...
Letters / BY: David M. Pelz, MD, September 2009
... services department in Canada”  BCMJ 2009;51[1]:14-19 ), and we congratulate the author on his group’s ... atherosclerotic disease is carotid endarterectomy (CEA).[ 1 ] The management of asymptomatic disease remains ...