Deep vein thrombosis is feared for its potentially fatal complication, pulmonary thromboembolism (PE), the leading cause of preventable mortality among patients in hospital. Deep vein thrombosis affects both healthy people and many patients in hospital. Incidence of DVT is unknown because it is hard to diagnose and because most DVT is silent. Pathophysiology Venous thrombosis [...]

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Diagnosis of cancer during pregnancy is one of the most extreme scenarios in medicine: the creation of a new life might coincide with the mother’s death. This situation can put immense stress on pregnant patients, their families, and medical staff. Cancer occurs only rarely during pregnancy; incidence is 0.07% to 0.1%. The current trend to [...]

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Family physicians deliver a range of services within preventive patient care. Preventive care is provided on an individual basis, generally in an opportunistic manner. However, it is widely accepted that applying a population-based approach would result in more effective and measurable preventive outcomes, and the community-based approach in primary care is central to the principles [...]

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I read with great consternation the article “Raloxifene. Not better than estrogen,” translated from the French La revue Prescrire. As an article in a journal that is designed to keep Canadian family physicians up-to-date on the latest medical information, it leaves much to be desired. Without going into great detail, below is an outline of [...]

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