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Clinical Articles / BY: Benjamin Matthew, MHSc, MD, July/August 2015
... for the entire study cohort at baseline was 7.7% (RYGB 7.5%, SG 7.9%). The mean HbA1c level for all patients with diabetes at baseline was 8.3% (RYGB 8.2%, SG 8.5%). Of 52 patients with hypertension at baseline, 8 patients ... a mean score of 77.8 preoperatively to a mean score of 56.5 postoperatively, indicating a significant improvement in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Patrick Tang, MD, PhD, April 2015
... Health Organization in the global battle against TB.[ 5 ] This is a lab-in-a-box system that can produce real-time ...
Obituaries / BY: Robert N. Baker, MD, September 2015
... wins, the most recent of which was approximately $1.5 million in 1995. As the face of medicine understandably ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP March 2015
... eat the recommended five fruits and vegetables per day.[ 5 ] Of course, the cost of healthy foods is greater than that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ryan R. Woods, PhD June 2015
... Columbia is growing and is forecast to reach more than 5.6 million by the year 2030.[ 1 ] At the same time, BC’s ... be closer to 1 in 6. This will mean that of the more than 5.6 million residents expected to live in BC in 2030, more ... for males and females were estimated to be 1.9% and 2.5%, respectively; thus, melanoma has been increasing in our ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP December 2015
... does not foster personal physician-patient relationships.[ 5 ] Solutions have been considered and implemented.[ 6 ] ... of medium tertile patients decreased from 28.1% to 18.5%, and the percentage of low tertile patients decreased from ... 2007, then spiked to 81.0% in 2008, before reverting to 63.5% in 2010, 60.8% in 2011, 58.5% in 2012, and 66.3% for the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ken Q. Little, MSc, March 2015
... will be infected with the virus at some point in life.[ 5 ] Although virtually all cervical cancers are due to HPV ... agent in a number of other cancers. It is estimated that 5.2% of all cancers worldwide are associated with HPV ... Cost of vaccine 4.    Don’t like getting vaccines 5.    Other Respondents who chose option 5 were given the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Chapple, MD, FRCPC, September 2015
... between abusive bruising and accidental bruising.[ 5 ] The literature also suggests that bruising may be the ... to the pediatric intensive care unit because of trauma.[ 5 ] Bruising characteristics of inflicted and accidental ... 0 months to 17 years and found that 17% of children had 5 skin injuries and 4% had 10 or more skin injuries.[ 3 ] ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD May 2015
... will be counseled by a health professional with at least 5 years of training, including an accredited internship, ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Yu Ling Cheng, BSc, MD, October 2015
... herbal Chinese medicine use in other ethnic groups,[ 4,5 ] minimizing herbal interactions becomes increasingly ...