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President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP July/August 2018
... passionately about issues while respecting each other as people worthy of belonging. Because no matter our individual ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc September 2018
... affects the practice of physicians who must care for these people. In the past decade, efforts have been made to ... estimate because costs were assigned only for injured people age 15 to 64 and not for those who leave the workforce ...
Editorials / BY: Ehud Ur, MBBS, FRCPC November 2018
... is one of Canada’s wealthiest provinces. So why do people with diabetes fare so poorly here? A stark picture was ... estimating that 29% of British Columbians (1.4 million people) are living with diabetes or prediabetes.[ 1 ] ... agreed-upon rights and self-care responsibilities for people living with diabetes, health care providers, and ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD October 2018
... the Order of Canada for “her tireless work on behalf of people with kidney disease, both nationally and ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD June 2018
... judge and judge. And I’m often left thinking that these people have done amazing work, even the ones we don’t end ... competition with edginess. And who the heck are these people to judge? We have become a world where unfiltered ... we speak our mind, but it would sure be a nicer world if people took it to heart.  —CV Editorials Who am I to judge? ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG December 2018
... those who provide such care. To denigrate sincere people like Dr Brian Day, as has happened, is simply ... I regret not shouting about. I don’t like lecturing people. For me as an aging clinician to tell others, ... me as I make one final related point. The cleverest people I know are not afraid to admit that they don’t know ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... in the Journal of Alzheimer Disease . They recommend that people get tested for peptide amyloid beta protein 42 (Abeta ... disease would typically occur. If it’s elevated, these people should take daily ibuprofen to ward off the disease, ... of heart attack, stroke, and death. In addition, elderly people may have increased cardiovascular risk and disease. In ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... 2 , 3 ] Primary care physicians manage the majority of people living with diabetes, and more than 20% of a typical ... physician’s caseload will likely involve caring for people with either diabetes or prediabetes.[ 4 ] Not only is ... preferences and values are considered by consulting people with diabetes and reviewing the literature. Each ...
Letters / BY: Melissa Carr, DrTCM, BSc January/February 2018
... 8 August 2017).” That makes it sound like 25% of people who take Chinese herbs end up with liver damage. ... numbers) is correct, we still have no idea how many people that is. The statistic is meaningless. Next, the ... aware of the potential dangers of these products.” Some people think that the world of natural health products is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM April 2018
... most have attended seminars preoperatively and talked with people who have had the surgery. Very infrequently, ...