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Clinical Articles / BY: Leila Srour, MD January/February 2000
... viruses cause acute respiratory infection and can affect people of any age. The elderly, the very young, and the ... 4 ] In BC, influenza vaccine is provided free of charge to people aged 65 years and older, the institutionalized, the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP July/August 2000
... rates increase sharply in communities with fewer than 7000 people. A recent decrease in absolute numbers of rural ... Columbia—too few physicians serving relatively too many people. Inability to attract physicians to rural communities ... consists of communities that had less than 30000 people, at least one physician, and have either a hospital or ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gordean Bjornson, MBA March 2000
... function cannot meet the demands of normal activities. People with immune system impairment from chronic illness or ... looming, one of the best preparations is to ensure that people at greatest risk from infection are participating in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Terry Curran, MD, FRCP October 2000
... the reins, the next option is the stockbroker. To many people’s surprise, the stockbroker is one of the most ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Iain G.M. Cleator, MB, CHB, FRCSC, FRCSE, FRCS, FACS April 2000
... to be acceptable for widespread screening in asymptomatic people. Kronborg et al.[ 4 ] demonstrated an 18% mortality ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Steve Adilman, MD November 2000
... improve access to medical services for urban First Nations people. It is a non-profit, provincially funded health centre ... elderly men, immigrants, troubled youth, and Aboriginal people. The community is experiencing epidemics of HIV/AIDS, ... social work, and advocacy for hundreds of HIV-positive people. Individuals are encouraged to attend the drop-in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David Baxter June 2000
... practice is the continual increase in the percentage of people who live to reach “old age”: over the past ... groups has been dramatic. There were 8329 fewer deaths of people under the age of 65 in Canada in 1998 than there were ... the population gets older since, effectively, 2 older people contribute 1.6 younger people to the population. Below ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP November 2000
... directory data, that communities with fewer than 7000 people have the lowest year-to-year physician retention rates ... studied were communities that had fewer than 30,000 people and had either a hospital or diagnostic-and-treatment ... this reflects the fact that looking after Aboriginal people is more stressful than looking after non-native ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC June 2000
... bites from rabid dogs. Each year, approximately 4 million people require rabies post-exposure prophylaxis.[ 1,2 ]  The ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC
... the condition. As well, some intergenerational events for people with type 1 diabetes could help patients share their ... might be worthwhile to have intergenerational events for people with type 1 diabetes so that patients could share ...
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