BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM
September 2015
... resources available in the journal Pediatrics [ 6-9 ] and other sources from the Centers for Disease Control ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Basia M. Hamata, MD,
January/February 2015
... of gene mutations affecting triglyceride metabolism.[ 9 ] Specific genetic tests are not available for clinical ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jenny M. Young, MSW, MA
December 2015
... Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act.9 A common misunderstanding is that physical illness can be ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc
June 2015
... 12 hours, leaving the hotel at 6:15 a.m. and returning at 9 p.m. A third important variance between the approaches of ...
Premise /
BY: T. Chan, MHsc, MD,
October 2015
... provinces suggests a range between $2 and $11 million.[ 9,10 ] Wait-time definitions are summarized in Table 1 . ... top-10 day procedures decreased at Vancouver Acute over a 9-month period of wait list–drive intensive funding. This ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Martha J. Ignaszewski,
May 2015
... being 2 times higher than in the general population.[ 9 ] As well as increasing CAD risk, these poor lifestyle ... After finding an overall rate of metabolic syndrome of 9.8% in unmedicated schizophrenic patients and 9.9% in first-episode patients, they saw the rate of ...
Editorials /
BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD
September 2015
... issues that forced me to leave my practice for about 9 months. I have just returned and all seems well so far, but ...
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 ...