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Beyond Medicine / BY: Brad Fritz, MD September 2015
... establish such a program, without coverage for unemployed people and pensioners, which the government withdrew during ... regardless of the true cost of providing care to the people who were covered. Although the legislation was passed, ... to attack the proposed scheme for several reasons. First, people in the excluded groups were the most in need of access ...
Back Page / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD June 2014
... Memorial Hospital, I used open drop diethyl ether to put people to sleep. The older docs sometimes used 1, 2, 3—a ... of raw ether and a dozen amyls.”[ 3 ] Thompson urged people to “buy the ticket, take the ride,”[ 3 ] as he ...
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. ...
Back Page / BY: Janny Ke, September 2014
... to sneak in a kiss. Medicine has brought me into some of people’s most excruciating, profound, and beautiful ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFP, November 2014
... morbidity and mortality,[ 1 ] especially among elderly people, who are more likely to have comorbid conditions and ... of medication effects in older patients. Elderly people living in residential care facilities are at ...
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 ...
Back Page / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD March 2014
... to make me a customized new stent for my aorta. These good people in Ontario made it fast and shipped it west to my doc ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Rajala MD, FRCPC, April 2013
... the effects of poverty and poor working conditions on people. He attended medical school at Western Reserve ... information on how much energy was actually expended while people performed various tasks, he began going to workplaces ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jiao Yang, MD, FRCPC, May 2013
... block.[ 4 ] As well as being more common among Japanese people and African Americans, CS is more common in young ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul J. Yong, MD, PhD, FRCSC June 2013
... poor function may be refer­red to community resources for people living with disabilities, chronic pain, or both. A ... of Victoria, and patient-led organizations such as the People in Pain Network. Work also began in September 2012 on ...