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President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD October 2017
... at the national level with other affected small business people. In August, I participated in a delegation that met ... these proposals in a way that is fair for small business people across Canada, including physicians, and for our ...
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 ...
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: Katalin Balogh, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2017
... 98%) for detecting dementia among community dwelling older people.[ 5 ] It has, however, low sensitivity for detecting ... can significantly improve cognition in at-risk older people after 2 years of intervention.[ 9 ] Hence, we ... risks.  The risk posed by polypharmacy is common in older people and can be especially problematic in patients with ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD November 2017
... part an unintended consequence of medical advances helping people live longer. The Canadian Cancer Society tells us ... in four will die of the disease.” However, while more people are getting cancer, more are surviving it as well. As ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ahmad Abdullah, MD, April 2016
... North American incidence is 8 to 12.6 cases per 100 000 people.[ 4 ] To our knowledge, data are not currently ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS June 2016
... careers existed: medicine, law, and the clergy. The people whom each of these professions served looked for ... legitimate leadership, and a strong sense of hope. The people expected outstanding service, the safety of trusted ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC, April 2016
... cardiomyopathy was the most common cause of SCD in young people in the Veneto region of Italy.[ 1 ] This finding, ... lead to ventricular fibrillation and is seen commonly in people of Southeast Asian ancestry. In European studies of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP June 2016
... are capable of ignoring the conditions which make muted people suffer. The dissatisfied dead cannot noise abroad the ... to result in death. But medicine’s ability to rescue people from the cliff of sudden fatal illness has led to the ... being aware of what specialized palliative care can do for people with advanced illness is the standard of care today. ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS November 2016
... or #physicianleadership? If you’re like many people and professionals, these social media terms may be ... forum 2 years ago. Research shows that more and more people, including professionals, are relying on social media ...