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Clinical Articles / BY: Nathan A. Hoag, BSc, October 2008
... yet much controversy surrounds prostate cancer screening.[ 1 ] For a screening program to be effective, the following ... for prostate cancer screening, with sensitivities of 72.1% for PSA and 53.2% for DRE.[ 4 ] Used in combination, PSA ... adopted by various professional associations ( Table 1 ).[ 13 - 18 ] These conflicting recommendations may lead to ...
Premise / BY: Benedikt Fischer, PhD, April 2008
... use (e.g., injection drug use) over the past 20 years.[ 1 , 2 ] SCS’s main aims are to reduce mortality and ... public order problems associated with street drug use.[ 1 , 2 , 9 , 10 ]  As such, SCS represent a valuable piece in ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Greg Meloche, PhD, RPsych June 2008
... not made until the symptoms have been present for at least 1 month.  For those who meet the criteria for the event and ... in 3 months and some still experiencing symptoms after 1 year. Treatment of choice is a cognitive-behavioral ...
Letters / BY: Ian Gardiner, MD September 2008
... imply as much by pointing out that, of the more than 1 million women between 40 and 79 in the province, only ...
Index December 2008
... increasing cause for concern in British Columbia (cdc) 1:17 Al Lawati N: Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive ... pneumonia: Lessons learned from an unusual presentation* 1:22  Allard C: The case for a supervised drug consumption ... (op) 3:130  Anderson SD: TBI and iatrogenic morbidity (c) 1:11  Andrade J: Cardiovascular risk assessment: ...
Letters / BY: Doug McGhee, MD January/February 2008
... it the most Earth-friendly medical journal on the globe. 1. Use 100% post-consumer recycled, unbleached (or at least ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Don D. Sin, MD, MPH, FRCPC, April 2008
... surgery experience significant pulmonary complications.[ 1 ] Postoperative pulmonary complications include respiratory ... mass index greater than 30 kg/m2 increases the risk 4.1-fold or by 310%). • A positive cough test (see  Table 1 ; this increases the risk 4.3-fold or by 330%). ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Navid Dehghani, MD, FRCPC, June 2008
... objects, children tend to ingest inorganic objects.[ 1 ]  In 2007, the divisions of emergency medicine and ... for objects visible on a radiograph (see  Figure 1 ) and not visible (see  Figure 2 ) can involve endoscopy. ...
Clinical Articles September 2008
... demonstrations to the other two sites (see  Figure 1 ). This ensures faculty members at the University of ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bill Cavers, MD March 2008
... launched by the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) 1 January 2008. “The initiative acknowledges the important ... results of validated assessment tools. • DSM-IV axis 1 confirmatory diagnostic criteria. • A summary of the ...