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Premise / BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med, October 2012
... between 60 to 69 years is 3.45%[ 4 ] and, as per the article’s example of a Gail Risk Score,[ 5 ] the average ... provide ongoing counseling to their patients on obesity, alcohol abuse, nutrition, and physical activity. However, the ... for a number of different cancers, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and osteoporosis.[ 8 ] Is it the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erica Frank, MD, September 2010
... resembled all Canadian physicians in their use of tobacco, alcohol, and supplementary calcium and other ... Program of BC, the BC Medical Association, the Healthy Heart Society of BC, Health Canada, and by the Canadian ... his interests may be affected by the publication of this article. Background:  Our purpose was to describe the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, June 2009
Heavy alcohol consumption is associated with detrimental effects on ... drink and “moderate” alcohol consumption. In this article we use the Department of Health and Human Services ... has long been described, with acute episodes of “holiday heart” (acute rhythm disturbance) occurring in association ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... (DD) has both a narrow and a wide definition. In this article we use the term narrowly to refer to children and ... disorders, complications of prematurity, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.  BC has closed the institutions, ... diagnosed with bilateral pleural effusions and right-sided heart failure.  Sheryl’s case is an example of behavioral ...
Index December 2008
An asterisk (*) indicates a clinical or review article. Letters to the editor (c), Editorials (ed), Back ... Airway Management in Emergencies (pu) (Grunfeld A) 3:159 ALCOHOL Injured and drunk in the emergency department (cohp) ... BL, Chisholm R, et al.) 8:444 APPOINTMENTS McManus named Heart + Lung chief (pu) 1:33 New WorkSafeBC chief medical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ingrid Söchting, PhD, July/August 2007
... clinicians, including all of the co-authors of this article, that complex posttraumatic stress disorder can by ... Self-destructive behaviors  Table 2  presents data on alcohol use by the subject and their biological parents. The ... Other frequent physical health problems included heart problems, high blood pressure, and arthritis. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP October 2001
... of women aged 40 to 55 with breast cancer will increase. Heart disease and osteoporosis will remain remote concerns ... 10]  may result in a 40% to 50% reduction in hot flushes. Alcohol and caffeine reduction may ease perimenopausal mood ... their doses and costs will appear in Dr Timothy Rowe’s article in the November 2001 issue of the  BCMJ ). All ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Karen A. Gelmon, MD, FRCPC November 2001
... and a comprehensive discussion is beyond the scope of this article. Issues of family history, reproductive history, age ... bone health and some contradictory evidence regarding heart health, there are often other therapies and lifestyle ... estrogen use, and other factors—such as excessive alcohol intake—that lead to increased estrogen levels. ...
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