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Clinical Articles / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC January/February 2004
... respectively.  Other possible roles for BNP BNP may eventually have a role as a treatment agent, given that ... from the Framingham study specifically addressed this issue and looked at BNP and NT-ANP for detection of elevated ... Society has included a reference to BNP in its 2003 practice guideline (available at  www.ccs.ca  under ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Howard Feldman, MD, FRCPC September 2004
... which allow for the exclusion of metabolic disorders that may adversely effect cognitive functioning though rarely ... contraindications (see articles referring to ChEIs in this issue:  “Current therapy,” and  “Treatment Efficacy ... Study methods and baseline results. Neuroepidemiology 2003;22:265-274. Our understanding of Alzheimer disease (AD) ...
Clinical Articles October 2004
... were published by Health Canada in 1998. [1]  In 2002 and 2003, the STD/AIDS Control Division of the BC Centre for ... reveals that practices concerning HIV test counseling may not be optimal. Common shortcuts in counseling—giving ... to generalize from this sample, primarily because of the issue of self-selection. Physicians who are more involved in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Fung, MD, FRCPC November 2004
... tight blood sugar control with insulin therapy may not prevent all serious complications of diabetes and is ... who have received at least one islet transplant as of June 2003. Regarding the three primary indications for islet ... Transplant Program is involved in a study to address this issue by comparing outcomes in transplant recipients with ...