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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, ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andy Jiang, BSc December 2018
... can lead to unnecessary stigma for already marginalized people, and for this reason the term poisoning is preferred. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jacqueline Chang, MD, CCFP April 2018
... National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website,[ 8 ] people who want to maintain their weight loss, as well as people who want to lose a large amount of weight (more than ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC November 2018
... rate of type 2 diabetes is 8.8%,[ 1 ] with Indigenous people being disproportionally affected.[ 2 ] In Canada, the ... in women.[ 3 ] It is predicted that one in two Indigenous people in their 20s will develop diabetes at some point in ... communities. This is of consequence, since many Indigenous people have had adverse experiences with authorities who are ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jay Slater, MD January/February 2018
Few people who consider the future of health care can argue that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... has been highlighted in the media.[ 10 , 11 , 12 ] Young people age 20 to 29 years have higher rates of mental illness ... 15 ] Mental illness is highly detrimental to these young people, delaying or preventing their education, increasing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C. Bruce Verchere, PhD November 2018
... and have limited therapeutic options. With 1.4 million people impacted by prediabetes or diabetes in British ... risk in vulnerable populations, including Indigenous people and youth with mental illness. These studies have ... laboratory-based discoveries to improving the lives of people with diabetes. Islet biology is clearly a recognized ...
Obituaries / BY: Jill Calder, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... 1980 Norma had a hand in taking a support group of eight people to over 30 Friends of Schizophrenics groups throughout ...
Obituaries / BY: Alex Wadge November 2018
... enjoyed his career, which saw him help thousands of people, and often spoke about how fortunate it was to be a ...