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Clinical Articles / BY: Kathleen M.N. Lee, RDN April 2002
... with the intent of recruiting 7,000 to 10,000 subjects. [ 2]  The primary purpose of the study is to compare ... over 6 months, which corresponds to a decrease in BMI of 2 units. [ 16]  If the weight loss goals are achieved in 6 ... Table 1  and some drug treatments outlined in  Table 2 . Among the causes of refractoriness to weight loss, ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD October 2002
... the younger member of the duo. In other words, based on my 2-second visual assessment, my assumption was that the two ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James R. Taylor, MD, PhD June 2002
... an injury mechanism without specifying a pathology. [1,2]   Neck sprain  assumes a ligamentous injury. [3]   ... to produce neck hyper-extension injuries in monkeys. [2]  Anterior distraction caused tears of longus colli with ... disc injuries in eight patients operated on within 2 years of injury. Seven patients obtained pain relief ...
Letters / BY: Eugene Leduc, MD December 2002
... permits. The  BCMJ  published my reasoned response [2]  to this, but I was not aware until recently that the  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul C. Adams, MD March 2002
... a prevalence of 1 in 327 for C282Y homozygotes. [ 2]  However, considerable debate has arisen about the risks ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew Eisen MD, FRCPC September 2002
... neurodegenerations affecting the aging nervous system. [1,2]  Its pathogenesis is complex and multifactorial and ... and prevalence ALS has a worldwide incidence of about 2 per 100 000 population and a prevalence of 4 per 100 000 ... possible, probable,  or  definite [15]  ( Table 2 ). The combination of painless, progressive, but ...
Letters May 2002
... should be on salary like any public servant.” Character #2: “My parents really sacrificed for me to go to medical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: E. Jane Garland, MD, FRCPC November 2002
... The morbid risk by the end of the teen years is now 20%. [2]  However, half of major depressive episodes in community ... populations of teens will have spontaneously resolved by 2 months. [1]  Nevertheless, more brief depressions may ... in adults, with at least 50% recurrence within the next 2 years and 75% within 5 years. Table 2  shows established ...
Clinical Articles / BY: William J. Koch, PhD July/August 2002
... competence, and the trustworthiness of the world, [2]  as well as negative emotional responses to resource ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Clugston, MD, FRCSC, FACS April 2002
... is now widely accepted as safe and effective. [ 1,2]  Although several studies have demonstrated the ... risk of local recurrence with skin-sparing techniques. [ 2,7] The benefits of immediate breast reconstruction include ... a deciding factor than the disease stage (36%) ( Table 2 ). Only 14% of the surgeons surveyed discuss reconstruction ...