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Clinical Articles / BY: Ken Q. Little, MSc, March 2015
... for genital warts costs an estimated $1 million annually.[ 9 ] In addition to cervical cancer, HPV is believed to be the ... rated vaccine acceptability among parents at between 54.9% and 81%.[ 15 ] Because males are linked to the ... recommends the quadrivalent HPV vaccine for all males age 9 to 26.[ 16 ] For the most part, these vaccinations must be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elspeth M. McDougall, MD, FRCSC, MHPE, December 2015
... applying for certification to complete the FLS exam.[ 9 ] Just as the airline industry requires pilots to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Benjamin Matthew, MHSc, MD, July/August 2015
... or resolution of obesity-related comorbidities.[ 9,10 ] The two bariatric surgery options available to ... Before surgery, patients had a mean BMI of 49.7 (range 35.9 to 70.9). Patients who underwent either a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sylvia Stockler-Ipsiroglu, MD, PhD, MBA, FRCPC, November 2015
... cytogenetic testing, which has a high diagnostic yield.[ 6-9 ] However, the conditions identified are not all amenable ... ID requires considering current diagnostic guidelines,[ 7-9 ] which recommend investigations such as vision and hearing ... ID (12/13; 92.0%). Many pediatricians (10/13; 76.9%) screened patients with ID and autism, while some (4/13; ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD May 2015
... Worldwide (again from WHO statistics) in 2014, 1.9 billion adults over age 18 were overweight and 600 million ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Brad Fritz, MD September 2015
... well under the BC Medical Plan. For instance, there was a 9.2% fee increase in 1966. The agreement also included an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amanzo A. Ho, BSc, April 2015
... 65.3 (SD 11.1) years. The population included 90 males (40.9%) and 130 females (59.1%). A history of failed colonoscopy ... to colonoscopy (e.g., diverticular strictures), and 2 (0.9%) who refused colonoscopy ( Table 3 ). CTC study quality   ... 6 mm or greater in diameter. The remaining 35 studies (15.9%) were suboptimal due to poor bowel distention (19 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2015
... 0.5 ppm, rarely slightly above, and never over 1.0 ppm.[ 9 ] Similar intensity in monitoring does not exist in Canada, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP July/August 2015
... that compromise the ability to rule out abuse.[ 9 ] In the US, barbiturates are the only medications used for ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD November 2015
... completion of the audit report takes approximately 9 months to 1 year. The Billing Integrity Program is working ...