Letters /
BY: Arthur Van Wart, MD
May 2001
... issue ( "Please fix walk-in problem" [ BCMJ 2001;43(2):71]) describes very clearly the urban family practice ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: D.B. Clement, MD
December 2001
... of EMF does not create pain in humans but Grundler [ 2] and Eichwald and Walleczek [ 3] have suggested that ... pretreatment, placebo, and Farabloc means shown in Table 2 demonstrate a significant effect on pain reduction by ... VAS and eccentric torque of the knee are shown in Figure 2 with significantly different results (p=0.00) and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Charles Brasfield, MD, PhD, FRCPC
March 2001
... between the ages of 7 and 15 became mandatory in 1920.[ 2 ] From one point of view the schools were an enlightened ... school syndrome. These criteria are reproduced in Table 2 . Chrisjohn’s conclusions are worth quoting. "We really ...
Letters /
BY: G. Kenefick, MB
July / August 2001
The concerns of Drs Purkis [ BCMJ 2001;43(2):71 ] and Toewes [BCMJ 2001;43(4):195] are certainly not ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: T.A. Hurwitz, MBChB, MRCP, FRCPC
May 2001
... tensions at a time when a patient most needs support. [2,3] Depression may precede the diagnosis of PD, sometimes ... family, and other caregivers, treatment is impossible. [2] Psychological support All patients, but especially ... night increasing to 25 mg at night, [20] or olanzapine 2.5 mg at night increasing to 10 mg at night. [21] ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: B. Strauss, RN, BScN, MSc
November 2001
... since a 1997 review of measles infection and IBD [ 2] and, if the title or abstract referred to both MMR ... of autism and MMR vaccination within the following 1 to 2 years (RI 1.09 [95% CI = 0.76–1.52]). Furthermore, from a ... year and subsequent ulcerative colitis (OR 7.47, 95% CI = 2.42–23.06) and Crohn’s disease (OR 4.27, 95% CI = ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Edith McGeer, PhD
April 2001
... disease (AD), where it has been extensively studied,[ 1,2 ] but there is also evidence suggesting that a local immune ... with controls. Preliminary results are shown in Figure 2 .[ 16 ] The messenger ribonucleic acids for all components ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Joseph Noone, MD, LRCP&SI, FRCPC
September 2001
... violence prevention working group and enlist support Step 2 Conduct a risk assessment Step 3 Develop and implement ... prevention and management of aggressive behavior. Level 2. Control and restraint training This can be provided as a 1- or 2-day workshop and includes basic self-protection training, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Helena H. Ho, MD, FRCPC
June 2001
... children have sensory and cognitive impairment as well. [1,2] The prevalence has increased over the years from 4 to 5 ... Queen Alexandra. Key services in BC are listed in Table 2 . The Infant Development Program consultants provide ... Pediatric Examination of Early Education Readiness Table 2. Resources for families of children with possible or ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Barry Rich, MD
December 2001
... and participation of men and their physicians. [ 2] The United Nations report on world contraception shows ... field. First a small subcutaneous wheal is raised, then 2 cc of local anesthetic is deposited a few centimetres above ... the rat’s body) is there a higher concentration of COX-2 receptors than in the distal vas deferens. This abundance ...