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Letters / BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD March 2002
... of vaginal delivery of babies presenting by the breech. [ 1]  His feelings are understandable, for few skills in the ...
Letters / BY: Yolanda Butt, BSc, MA May 2002
... Dr Malleson for her informative and practical article [1]  addressing the lack of awareness and implementation of ... postcoital contraception methods [ BCMJ  2002;44(1):30-35 ] without explaining why they remain controversial. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Agnes To, MD November 2002
... Treatment of Depression for primary care physicians [1]   and, in partnership with the Canadian Psychiatric ... article, “Treatment of depression in primary care—Part 1: Principles of acute treatment” and its companion ... in a simple, practical, and easy-to-use format. In Part 1, we deal with the principles of acute treatment, including ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Murray Allen, MD July/August 2002
... the BC Whiplash Initiative, under the name  Neck Talk , [1]  and is based on the works in this edition of the  BC ... classified in three types, by degree of the injury.  Type 1:  A mild case, which starts with a delay of symptoms by ... to work or other normal functions within a year. In type 1 whiplash, if full recovery is not prompt, then there may be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mann Chandavimol, MD, FRCPC January/February 2002
... and iatrogenic causes, both surgical and medical. [1] Causes of acute pericarditis in immunologically competent patients are shown in  Table 1 . [2]  Viral infection has been postulated as the most ... with recumbence and is relieved by leaning forward. [1]  On occasion the pain may imitate the pain of acute ...
Clinical Articles / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC May 2002
... including herbal medicine and dietary supplements. [1]  Because they are natural products—some with a long ... 50 mg once daily for 9 days, mometasone furoate ointment 0.1%, and diphenhydramine hydrochloride 25 mg as needed, ... The patient had taken the Isotonix OPC-3 previously for 1 year without any reaction, and she took Tension Tamer ...
Editorials / BY: Raymond W. Lam, MD, FRCPC October 2002
The numbers associated with depression are staggering: 1.4 million people in Canada afflicted at any given time; ... costs; 40 000 person-years lost from work and over $1 billion in economic costs; the second leading cause of ... projected to be the second leading cause by 2020. [1,2] The good news is that depression is a highly treatable ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Burton H. Goldstein, DMD, MS, FRCDC June 2002
... muscles and the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). [1]  The most common TMD (90% to 95% of cases) is ... considered a multifactorial biopsychosocial disorder. [1]  Legal causation relates to the requirement to establish ... and jaw habit (clenching/bruxing) modification measures. [1]  Dental orthotics (splint, bite plate, and so on) have no ...
Premise / BY: William A. Falk, MD, FCFPC, FRCGP December 2002
... answer is that most of us do not need it much in any 1 year, and that the present system should be replaced with ... manage their own relatively low medical expenses in any 1 year. Health care expenditures The 1950–1951 survey ... two-thirds spend under $200. Only a small proportion, 1.6%, spent $500 or more. To compare current figures with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carolyn A. Montgomery, MB September 2002
... 15 500 per year in BC and 114 000 per year in Canada. [1]  Of women surveyed in 1992, 43% of American women and 30% ... due to  C. trachomatis:  2% to 3%;  N. gonorrhoea:  <1:500; bacterial vaginosis: 23%. (W.V.N., unpublished data ... [18]  The prophylaxis group received metronidazole 1 g rectally plus doxycycline 100 mg b.i.d. for 10 days. The ...