Articles

DNA strand and a cancer cell
Clinical Articles / December 2008 BY: Lori d’Agincourt-Canning, MSc, MA, PhD,, Barbara McGillivray, MD, RCPC, FCCMG,, Karen Panabaker, MSc, CGC, CCGC,, Jenna Scott, MSc, CGC,, Amy Pearn, MGenCoun, CCGC,, Yolanda Ridge, MSc, CGC, CCGC,, Cheryl Portigal-Todd, MSc, CGC, CCGC,

Background Approximately 14% of British Co­lum­bians live in rural and remote regions and have limited access to health services, including genetic counseling for hereditary cancer. The challenges... Read More

Young girl holding a teddy bear sleeping in a hospital
Clinical Articles / November 2008 BY: Osman S. Ipsiroglu, MD, MAS, MBA,, James E. Jan, MD, FRCPC,, Roger D. Freeman, MD, FRCPC,, Alison J. Laswick, MD, LMCC, FRCPC, CAPB,, Ruth A. Milner, BSc,, Craig Mitton, PhD,, Michael B. Wasdell, MA,, David F. Wensley, MB, FRCPC, MRCP(UK), William H. McKellin, PhD,

Some Canadian children’s hospitals have sleep labs, but very few have an interdisciplinary sleep service. A concentrated action plan for pediatric sleep information and knowledge distribution has not... Read More

Schizophrenia plagued man is angry and stressed
Clinical Articles / October 2008 BY: Nupura Krishnadev, MD,, Beth L. Abramson, MD, FRCPC,, Robert Chisholm, MD, FRCPC, , Lawrence A. Leiter, MD, FRCPC,, Sarah Hales, MD,, Robert Schwartz, MD,, Moumita Barua, MD,, Susan Scarrow, MD,, Ahmed Mansour, MD,, Mark Pearce, MD,, Laura R. Pacione, MSc,, Lori Wasserman, MD,, Tammy Shaw, MD,, Adam Lenny, BSc, BA,, Casimir Soare, BHSc,, Shree Bhalerao, MD, FRCPC,

Cardiology is one of the specialties consulted most frequently by health professionals working on the psychiatric ward, where a significant number of in­patients suffer from schizophrenia.[1]... Read More