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Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2004
... is more than 450 km away by road in Williams Lake or 2 hours away by air in Vancouver. Bella Coola is served by ... for people living in the Bella Coola Valley and LHA 49? 2. Are there differences in causes of death for Status ... death for the Bella Coola Valley for 1986–2001 ( Table 2 ). These data relate only to people listing Bella Coola or ...
Clinical Articles / BY: M.C. Ashe, MSc December 2004
... care costs for osteoporosis exceed $1.3 billion annually. [2] People who sustain a low-trauma fracture (falling from a ... have about twice the normal risk for subsequent fracture [2]  and an up to seven times greater risk of suffering a ... review of a large database that only 9.8% of the women and 2.9% of the men were screened for osteoporosis. Here in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kathryn Hornby, DMD, MLS, CertMinf July/August 2004
... practice of evidence-based medicine. A systematic review [2]  typically relies on defined criteria: • Has a specific ...
Letters / BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD March 2004
... was nothing to lose by following the directions. After 2 weeks of diligent practice, the QWERTY keyboard was no ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Fung, MD, FRCPC November 2004
... group compared with the conventional therapy group (7.2% vs 9.1%, P<.001). The two target populations in the study ... the mean adjusted risk of microalbuminuria by 34% (95% CI, 2% – 56%) in the primary prevention cohort and by 43% (95% ... cardiovascular events in the intensively treated group (3.2 vs 5.4%, P = .08). At the end of the DCCT study, most ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Bigham, MD June 2004
... with a transient viremia, detectable within 1 to 2 days after being inoculated by an infected mosquito and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Norman Phillips MSc July/August 2003
... clinical trials at reducing colorectal cancer mortality. [2-4]  FOB is not very effective at detecting polyps and ... using data obtained from the BC Cancer Registry.  Figure 2  shows the obtained agreement between model-predicted and ... rates of endoscopy used in the model are given in  Table 2   [10]  and are based on reported rates from endoscopy ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Terry Curran, MD, FRCP March 2003
... trading equates to buy-and-hold, which is a good habit. 2. Asset mix allocation The term  asset mix allocation ... can be used to pay for children’s university education. [2]  If you are looking to face education payments 10 to 15 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: M. Ryan, MSc November 2003
... Results Data were recorded from 1265 runners over the 2-year period. In 2000, 844 questionnaires were completed, ... noted in the first year of the study, with 635 (75.2%) females and 205 (24.3%) males participating (4 runners ...  = .002), and a BMI between 20 and 26 (F = 69.8%, M = 30.2%;  P  = .003). In addition, more women than men (F = ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stuart Johnston, MD May 2003
... treatment, and monitoring • Delivering medical services [2,3] Telehealth is a technology that, theoretically, can make ... care professionals, and the entire health care system. [2] Clinical applications of telehealth technology remain more ... Lake. That telehealth line has been in place for at least 2 years. Discussions with the emergency room physician who ...