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Clinical Articles /
BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC,
June 2008
... in many circumstances, they can be less effective with people who are not of Northern European heritage. The ... disease, or stroke) there may be as many as 1.5 million people, or up to one-third of the BC population, who require ...
News /
BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS
July/August 2008
... benefit” designed to protect you while you’re alive. People need to be prepared to survive—not only physically ...
News /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
July/August 2008
... Hardcover, 268 pages. $29.95. “I see dead people” is not only a famous Hollywood line, but a reality ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC,
July/August 2008
... may present as challenging behaviors. Because many people with developmental disability have limited verbal ... increased prevalence of mental illness and dementia in people with developmental disability compared with those in ... In BC, specialized community mental health services for people with developmental disability are provided by each of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jeffrey M. Pike, MD, MPH, FRCSC
July/August 2008
... there are 111 family practice physicians per 100000 people in British Columbia,[ 5 ] less than 1% of family ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Farsheed Hedayati-Vala, MD,
July/August 2008
... central British Columbia serves a population of 12 000 people. From September 2002 to December 2004 (2.5 years), 677 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Catherine L. Weber, MD, FRCPC,
July/August 2008
... kidney disease (CKD). In BC, there are at least 145 000 people with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of less than 60 mL/min, and about 35 000 people whose physicians have actually identified CKD as a ... if you also include those at highest risk for CKD (people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or both), this ...
News
September 2008
... by a layperson to medicine and/or to the welfare of the people of British Columbia or Canada. Nominations may be made ... in the field of medical organization; service to the people of Canada in raising the standards of medical practice ... or health education of the public; service to the people of Canada in raising the standards of health care ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD
September 2008
... to produce vitamin D in our skin from October to March. People with darker skin, those who don’t go into the sun often, those who cover their skin, and people over 50 years may require supplements. • Current ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mark R.C. Dickeson, MD, FRCSC, FACS
September 2008
... be amazing. I learned that the town of just more than 4000 people remains loyal to its Russian Doukhobor roots, with a ...