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News July/August 2017
... may improve the performance of daily activities for people afflicted with Alzheimer disease. The study’s first ... research articles about the impact of physical activity on people with Alzheimer disease. Some of the work explored how ... less likely to develop the disease compared to people who were inactive. The study is published in  BMC ...
News April 2017
... heart and lung problems. But what are its consequences on people in smaller urban centres? By comparing pollution data ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Travis Holyk, EdD November 2017
... services that meet their individual needs. First Nations people suffer from a greater burden of chronic disease than ... and issues by limiting access to healthy foods, placing people in inadequate housing, and making it impossible for ... care in the isolated communities where First Nations people in Northern BC often reside.  Benefits of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joshua Budlovsky, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... risk are key to prevention. Over 80% of all fractures in people 50 years and older are caused by osteoporosis.[ 5 ] ... use; however, up to half of atypical fractures occur in people not exposed to bisphosphonates, complicating estimates ...
News / BY: Mariel Ang, MPH, BA Kin September 2017
... is an evidence-based conservative management program for people with hip or knee OA that addresses the recommended ...
Premise / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2017
... in our work and we become somewhat inured to its effect on people who do not see it as often as we do. People are afraid of death. Our youth-obsessed society lives ... ] In supporting patients as they learn about the ways that people die and encouraging them to address the cycle of life, ...
News November 2017
... survival from cancer between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in British Columbia, conducted jointly by the BC ... shows a lower incidence of the disease for Indigenous people overall but also lower survival rates for most ... to improve cancer diagnosis and care for Indigenous people in BC, which is why the First Nations Health ...
News / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD March 2017
... sources, and an index. Scots, French, and Aboriginal people established the lucrative fur trade in the area under ...
News / BY: Blake Stitilis, MPH September 2017
... harm reduction options are available.[ 2 ] Incarcerated people are given an HIV test upon admission to prison, and HIV antiretrovirals (ARVs) are available to people who contract HIV inside Canadian prisons. Most incarcerated people return to their communities at the end of their ...
Premise / BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd November 2017
... because he might not be fluent enough in English and people would not understand him. Despite the skepticism, in ... nobody had written a book about him, though three people had tried unsuccessfully. Mr Kumar and Dr Mathew ... the family suffered significant financial burden, with six people living in a small two-room house all supported by the ...