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Clinical Articles / BY: Joshua Budlovsky, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... risk are key to prevention. Over 80% of all fractures in people 50 years and older are caused by osteoporosis.[ 5 ] ... use; however, up to half of atypical fractures occur in people not exposed to bisphosphonates, complicating estimates ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2017
... to sleep on the carpet. What I found interesting was that people didn’t even notice us and continued to talk as they ...
Editorials / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS March 2017
... scenarios in a busy clinician’s practice. While most people in British Columbia and Canada will age with few ...
Letters / BY: John Sehmer, MD March 2017
... College appears unconcerned about the growing number of people who can no longer find a family physician who will ...
Letters / BY: Gerrard A. Vaughan, MD March 2017
... College remains very concerned about the circumstances of people who are unable to access a primary care physician. ...
Obituaries / BY: Brian John Morgan, MBChB March 2017
... photography and birding to the fullest extent. Paul loved people and always sought ways to be with those who were his ...
Obituaries / BY: Jayne Postuk, LLB, DTh March 2017
... a highly respected colleague. He practised old-fashioned people-based medicine and knew that sometimes a good chat ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katalin Balogh, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2017
... 98%) for detecting dementia among community dwelling older people.[ 5 ] It has, however, low sensitivity for detecting ... can significantly improve cognition in at-risk older people after 2 years of intervention.[ 9 ] Hence, we ... risks.  The risk posed by polypharmacy is common in older people and can be especially problematic in patients with ...
Editorials / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD April 2017
... other physicians, their families, and fellow cruisers. People are traveling to be social, to meet others, and to ... things in life, it isn’t the time or the place but the people that you share things with that make them special. ...
Editorials / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS April 2017
... Examples of disease-disease interactions are common: older people with major neurocognitive disorder are at increased ... delirium during an acute medical illness,[ 2 ] and older people who develop delirium during hospitalization have a ... of disease-drug interactions are also common: older people with major neurocognitive disorder are at risk of ...