Dr. Steve Wong
Jul 20, 2011
This app changed my practice: Pocket A1C
In response to reader requests and the increasing interest in mobile apps, we are launching a series of articles highlighting useful iPhone apps. These will appear approximately once every three months. read more...
Dr. Eric Yoshida
Jul 18, 2011
Treating Hepatitis C – the future is now!
This year, based on the phase III studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the FDA approved the new protease inhibitors, telapravir and boceprevir in combination with pegIFN and ribavirin for patients with HCV G1 infections. read more...
Dr. Ted Steiner
Jul 04, 2011
Proton pump inhibitors and Clostridium difficile infection
Based on recent literature, my current practice is to carefully consider whether PPIs or H2 blockers are truly indicated in inpatients, and to stop them if they are not. read more...
Dr. Breay Paty
Jun 20, 2011
New targets for Diabetes (A1C): Why we are aiming at ‘only’ 7 percent
Recent studies suggest that the relationship between glucose control (A1C) and cardiovascular disease is more complex than we may have realized. read more...
Dr. Sarah Finlayson
Jun 05, 2011
Advocating Fallopian Tube removal at the time of hysterectomy to prevent ovarian cancer
A growing body of knowledge reveals that the majority of cases of high grade serous “ovarian” cancer actually are fallopian tube cancers. read more...
Dr. Carol-Ann Saari
May 24, 2011
Weed is not just an herb
I watched as a functioning youth became more and more psychotic as he smoked large amounts of marijuana every day, and I saw how difficult it was to treat his psychosis even after the marijuana stopped. read more...
Dr. Peter Black
May 09, 2011
Prostate Specific Antigen – Does the new data support its utility for prostate cancer screening?
Most of the data on which we base our prostate cancer screening practices is indirect and not definitively linked to the decrease in mortality that has been observed. read more...
Dr. Devin Harris
Apr 26, 2011
Acute Ischemic Stroke: Thombolysis is an Effective Therapy
Thombolysis for acute ischemic stroke is a small component of comprehensive acute stroke therapy. However, there now should be no debate into its effectiveness and the widespread adoption of its use in carefully selected patients should be supported. read more...
Dr. Dan Bilsker
Apr 11, 2011
Self-management of mood problems
Innovative forms of service delivery have the potential to greatly expand the scope of depression intervention. Series of self-management workbooks designed to teach depressed individuals evidence-based skills for mood management, available for free download from http://www.comh.ca/selfcare/. read more...
Dr. Brian Bressler
Mar 28, 2011
New therapies and new end points in the treatment of Crohn’s Disease
Effectively treating the inflammation in patients with Crohn’s disease has now allowed us to treat not just the symptoms associated with Crohn’s disease, but the disease itself. read more...
Dr. Graeme Wilkins
Mar 14, 2011
Management of maternal thyroid disease in pregnancy
Overt hypothyroidism is seen in 0.3 to 0.5% of the general population and subclinical hypothyroidism (high TSH and normal free T4) is seen in 2-3%. Thyroid antibodies are identified in 5-15% of women. read more...
Dr. Brian Kunimoto
Feb 28, 2011
Chronic ulcers and biofilms
The concept of biofilm in chronic wounds is in its infancy at the present time. It is just now being proposed that they play an important role in the pathogenesis of non-healing. read more...
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