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Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP
September 2016
... of sleep for children. For children age 5 to 13 years, 9 to 11 hours of sleep is recommended, and 8 to 10 hours per ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: James McKinney, MD, MSc,
April 2016
... physically inactive drivers (overall annual incidence of 1.9/1000 for conductors versus 2.7/1000 for drivers). ... inactive, low, medium, high, or very high activity.[ 9 ] Participants in the low-volume activity group who ... reduced by 4% and all-cancer mortality was reduced by 1%.[ 9 ] Physical activity and risk reduction An extensive ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Bradley Ashman, MD
November 2016
... with metal-on-metal implants is unacceptably high.[ 9 ] Given the complications and the high revision rates for ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Darren E.R. Warburton, PhD
May 2016
... observed when objective measures of fitness are taken[ 9 ] (see Table 1 ). There is clear evidence that ... of assessing health-related physical fitness directly.[ 9 ] At least 25 chronic medical conditions are thought to be ... activity and chronic disease and premature mortality,[ 4,9 ] with diminishing returns in health benefits seen at ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Rosemary Basson, MD, FRCP(UK)
March 2016
... stresses as well as environmental stresses.[ 9 ] It is currently thought that stress can be responsible ...
Articles /
BY: Kelly L. Apostle, MD, FRCSC
December 2016
... led many surgeons to abandon the procedure altogether.[ 9 ] The lack of success of these first-generation implants ... point loading and early wear of the bearing surfaces.[ 9-11 ] Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, substantial ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Bakul Dalal, MD,
July/August 2016
... risk of thrombosis, and increasing quality of life.[ 8 , 9 ] Because of the availability of effective treatment, ... of positive results was highest in cases of pancytopenia (9.9%) and lowest in cases of bicytopenia (1.8%) and ...
Letters /
BY: Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP
January/February 2016
... old nightmare. Worldwide, governments have invested over $9 billion in stockpiling this most controversial drug. The ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Andrew Hurlburt, MD
April 2016
... 25% of those infected with Zika virus develop symptoms.[ 3,9,10 ] These include fever, maculopapular rash, arthralgias, ... nonpurulent conjunctivitis, headaches, and myalgia.[ 3,9 ] The incubation period is between 3 and 12 days, and the ...