The literature on community‐oriented medical education is reviewed. In response to major
changes in the origin, expression and place of management of much illness, many medical …

It is widely believed by both physicians and microbiologists that bacteremia is a rare event
in shigellosis. We report two cases of shigellosis with positive blood cultures and review 68 …

BACKGROUND: Wide variations in the prevalence of asthma, rhinitis and eczema have
been reported between regions within Canada and between different countries. The …

Despite major initiatives in public and professional education about foetal alcohol syndrome
(FAS) in Saskatchewan in the last 20 years, its incidence rate has not fallen. The rate was …

Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are often hosts to colonies of both mucoid and nonmucoid
strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The major pathogens for chronic and recurrent …

Liver abnormalities were found in three patients with fetal alcohol syndrome. The histological
appearance was different in each case. Thick, sclerotic central veins were seen in two of …

… Brian E Habbick, MB, FRCPC,1 Josephine L. Nanson, PhD,2 … BF Habbick, Department
of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Health Sciences …

We have found delayed mean bone age in 63 children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS).
The mean bone age Z‐score for boys (n= 31) was −2.12 SDs and for girls (n= 32) was ‐1.62 …

In patients with cystic fibrosis, plain chest radiographs may suggest the presence of
bronchiectasis, bronchoceles, hilar adenopathy, or pulmonary arterial hypertension. We compared …

The prevalence of asthma remains difficult to determine with precision with no absolute or “gold”
standard for diagnosis. A recently developed video questionnaire for epidemiological …