Search

Clinical Articles / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... second leading cause of cancer death as of 2015.[ 4 ] In 2010 the lifetime risk for developing breast cancer was 1 in ... with screening of RR 0.80 to 0.82.[ 6-8 ] These studies may, however, underestimate the current effectiveness of ... clinically apparent before the patient’s death. The issue then is one of results that precipitate overtreatment. ...
Letters / BY: Stuart Kreisman, MD January/February 2018
... ] and of course I agree very strongly. You may recall my Premise piece, “Toward smoke-free multi-unit ... various levels of government have done little to move this issue forward over the last 6 years. Things are much better ... unit through various connections (which happened to us in 2010 in another place, ultimately forcing us to move) the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc September 2018
... care system, and society at large. This public health issue directly affects the practice of physicians who must ... the extent of the injury issue.[ 2 ] Injury costs in BC in 2010 amounted to $3.7 billion in both direct and indirect ... social marketing campaign.[ 16 ] One program that may have contributed to the decrease in self-harm costs from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Sugar, MD October 2018
... department with postoperative concerns, meaning surgeons may not be aware of or involved in the identification and ... result in fragmentation of postoperative care and is an issue for several reasons. First, patients who require ... was by far the most common complaint (29.5%).[ 3 ]  A 2010 study by Aiello and colleagues looking at appendectomy ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... other antihyperglycemic agents can confuse physicians and may result in widely variable quality of care as well as ... for discussion of specific therapeutic areas. Since 2010, 18 drugs or classes of drugs have been reviewed in ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andy Jiang, BSc December 2018
... and 54 000 emergency department visits in 2010 alone, costing the nation an estimated $1.26 billion.[ 2 ... unstudied even though these are undoubtedly also an issue. Since a greater understanding of all-cause poisoning ... results that indicate the risk of unintentional poisonings may be intrinsically linked to a particular developmental ...