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Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2014
... house I found that knowing how to cook attracted other people. And I really enjoyed the outcome of it. I've got a ... best gig on Earth. I have the opportunity to get to know people and make a positive difference in their lives. Being ... Paperwork, and the hours involved in doing it. And, giving people bad news. Teaching runs in your family. As a doctor, ...
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 ...
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: Sophia Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2013
... complete penetrance, hFH affects an estimated 13 million people worldwide;[ 5 ] however, less than 25% of these ... with hFH live in Canada, with about 8000 of these people residing in British Columbia.[ 33 ] According to a ... With a prevalence rate of approximately 1 case in 500 people, heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is one of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kathleen Eddy, BSc, January/February 2013
... and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations per 1000 people in British Columbia increased by approximately 50%.[ 1 ... and 2007 the number of CT and MRI examinations per 1000 people in BC increased by approximately 50%, a finding that ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2013
... it? I probably worked too much, and made too many other people’s problems my own, which may have been a contributor ... something that the BCMA has done right, but not many people know about? I think it would be great if we could ...