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News December 2014
... that leads to premature heart disease and cardiac death. People with FH have substantially increased risk of ... it can result in major or fatal cardiovascular events in people as young as their 20s. If FH is detected early, ...
News / BY: Ian A. Cameron, MD, October 2014
... of the day. At the end of the book, his interviews with people who lived and worked at William Head are an engaging ...
News June 2014
... professionals to work more effectively with Aboriginal people and organizations. The centre will aim to boost ...
Premise / BY: Martin Dawes, MBBS, MD, FRCGP, December 2014
... is equivalent to 30% of the available drugs on the market. People go to their family doctor with an average of four symptoms, and people with multiple diseases are now the norm.[ 12 ] Given ...
News January/February 2014
... about who is responsible for the care of Aboriginal people. The report says that little attention has been paid ... health care for Aboriginal seniors and other Aboriginal people, citing the transfer of health authority to the new ...
News October 2014
The quality of health care that people receive may be as important as controlling the risk ... Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study tracked more than 156 000 people in 17 countries and revealed that low-income countries, where people have the lowest risk factors for cardiovascular ...
News June 2014
... distracted by salient but irrelevant information when people want to focus on a particular item or task. Dr John ... 2009. But, until now, little was known about how it helps people ignore visual distractions. Authors of the study ... are now turning their attention to understanding how people deal with distraction, and looking at when and why ...
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: 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 ...
News November 2013
... and immediate provision of HAART to medically eligible people with HIV. The cascade of care involves eight stages: ...