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Clinical Articles / BY: Benjamin Matthew, MHSc, MD, July/August 2015
Backgound An estimated 1.7 billion people worldwide are affected by obesity (BMI greater than 30 ... ABSTRACT   Background:  An estimated 1.7 billion people worldwide are affected by obesity-related ...
Letters / BY: Bret Batchelor, MD, September 2015
... the MOA, nurses, transcriptionists, and even the cleaning people for all the associated work required for those patient ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jenny M. Young, MSW, MA December 2015
... such as HIV.[ 7 ] There is widespread devaluation of people with serious psychiatric illness,[ 4 ] and health care ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle D. Sherwood, MD, December 2014
... respiratory secretions, or close contact with infected people.[ 4 ] Peak EV transmission occurs in the summer and ... include hand washing and avoiding contact with ill people.  Summary A recent case in British Columbia ... know that hand washing and avoiding close contact with ill people can prevent transmission. A broad range of tests for ...
Letters / BY: C. Eve Rotem, MD, July/August 2014
... beds are available). Seeing what Dr Lowe and many other people have had to go through, it is time to tackle and solve ... should be discussed with a broader group, not only with people who have an incurable disease or are in constant ... pain clinics, is not always relieved. There are times when people are left to face a life that is not acceptable to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James G. Huang, MD, PGDipSurgAnat, FRACS, September 2014
... in  Table 2 . PSA increases with age and is higher in people of certain races, such as African Americans. ...
Letters / BY: Allan Donkin, MD, January/February 2014
... entire community has to make—not just a choice that some people can make but an option that everyone else has to choose not to take. People can no longer rest in the knowledge that their ... a high level of credibility and acceptability, putting people under pressure to choose suicide. I do not think that ...
Letters / BY: James K. Mackenzie, MBBS, September 2014
... almost identical with mine. It seems to me that for those people who are truly disabled the disability pensions ... However, at the same time, there are clearly far too many people being awarded disability pensions on the basis of ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC March 2014
Many people consider complementary and alternative medicine to be ...
Letters / BY: Jane Dyson, September 2014
... and are trying to help their clients by "lying to have people collect unjustified income supplements." While we ... view that it would be wrong for any organization to help people fraudulently obtain benefits, we are writing to ... you with a different perspective. The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD) has been assisting ...