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Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Bidu, MBA December 2017
I never thought I would be in the business of making other people’s health better. But that changed when I met Dr Eric ... The face of change   Taking a broad view, medicine helps people live longer, healthier, and happier lives. In doing ... tradition of innovation. There are more than 7 billion people on the planet, over 3 million doctors, and tens of ...
News January/February 2017
... Project MinE will map the full DNA profiles of 15 000 people with ALS and 7500 control subjects to establish a ... Project MinE would allow for the stored DNA profiles of people with ALS to be contributed to the project, and it ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Travis Holyk, EdD November 2017
... services that meet their individual needs. First Nations people suffer from a greater burden of chronic disease than ... and issues by limiting access to healthy foods, placing people in inadequate housing, and making it impossible for ... care in the isolated communities where First Nations people in Northern BC often reside.  Benefits of ...
News April 2017
... select groups, such as social-assistance recipients and people over age 65. Other Canadians may receive drug coverage ...
News / BY: Mariel Ang, MPH, BA Kin September 2017
... is an evidence-based conservative management program for people with hip or knee OA that addresses the recommended ...
News / BY: Laura McLean March 2017
... to disease. They predict a chilling effect: if people suspect they will be denied insurance, they may avoid ... and to research that depends on genetic testing. If people do undergo testing that reveals risk factors, they may ... privacy advocates worry about potential mishandling of people’s most sensitive medical information. As science ...
News June 2017
People with multiple sclerosis can show signs of something ... according to a new analysis of health records from people with the condition. The new research is a first step ... disease. The researchers examined health records of 14 000 people with multiple sclerosis from BC, Saskatchewan, ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2017
... department’s scarce resources with highly intelligent people, such as professors of mathematics, physics, ... put the Vancouver Aquarium on the world map. Over 20 000 people came to see the whale (matching the record crowd that ...
News / BY: Eric Wong January/February 2017
... of becoming disabled vary among individuals, but for many people the odds might be higher than you would expect, and it ...
News November 2017
... survival from cancer between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in British Columbia, conducted jointly by the BC ... shows a lower incidence of the disease for Indigenous people overall but also lower survival rates for most ... to improve cancer diagnosis and care for Indigenous people in BC, which is why the First Nations Health ...