ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 10/14/2010
Boomers: the new face of trauma
Be forewarned—they are coming to your health-care facility and they are well-armed. The nitrates, beta-blockers, ARBs, ACE inhibitors, hypoglycemic agents, blood thinners, platelet inhibitors and, of course, Viagra coursing through their vasculature will make your life as a physician caring for these patients a living hell. Add to this their implantable electronic cardiac devices, stents, alcohol-weary livers and marginal kidneys, and you have yourself a perfect storm. - 10/14/2010
U.S. not a transplant tourism hotspot
- 10/14/2010
First-episode psych patients should be kept on quetiapine
Relapse risk is high even after a year of successful treatment of a first episode of psychosis—and maintenance therapy may therefore need to continue, according to findings from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial here. - 10/14/2010
A fine mesh: Risky to combine hysterectomy and prolapse surgery
Doing procedures at the same time linked with greater incidence of mesh erosion - 10/13/2010
New rides for patients in southern Ontario
- 10/13/2010
Project improves diabetes care
- 10/13/2010
New Canadian guidelines for osteoporosis management
New version focuses on preventing fragility fractures and their negative consequences. - 10/13/2010
Fraser Health board chair moves on
- 10/13/2010
Aclasta: reports of renal dysfunction
Reports made of renal dysfunction associated with Aclasta solution for intravenous infusion.