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Clinical Articles / BY: Stephen J. Kiraly, MD, FRCPC, September 2011
... about prevention. In the US in 2009 there were 5.3 million people with Alzheimer disease (AD), and a new case developed ... 50. Age-related memory impairment af­fects about 40% of people 65 years or older.[ 19 ] It is a cumulative result of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sandra Sirrs, MD, FRCPC, May 2011
... manifestations (or no manifestations at all) in different people. Epidemiology of mitochondrial diseases  Primary ... disorders of the respiratory chain affect up to 1 in 5000 people and are much more common than previously realized.[ 4 ... disease is actually common and affects hundreds of people in Bri­tish Columbia, including some members of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Aaron Talsky, MD, January/February 2011
... war zone injury.[ 2 ] In the US, approximately 2 million people will sustain a TBI each year, one-quarter of whom will ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, September 2011
... evening news, or simply snuck a peek at passersby that the people who make up this great province are getting wider and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2011
... in the 10 highly endemic states in US is 29.2 per 100000 people,[ 9 ] indicating important differences in both disease ... the cause of this syndrome and therapeutic options for people who are suffering from its debilitating symptoms. ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD June 2010
... pooped.  There are genuine politicians out there and people within the ministry who really are interested in what we do and helping us to do it better. Finding those people and working with them has been a real joy, and I hope ... keep perspective and balance.  1. Don’t allow other people’s emergencies to become your emergencies.  2. Life ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC March 2010
... after the procedure. The radiation exposure to other people is very low; for example, the total dose of radiation ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Megan Isaac-Renton, BSc, July/August 2010
... hunters, trappers, and those who handle ill wild animals. People working with sheep have been reported to be at high ... infected animal.  Infection can be prevented by educating people at high risk (animal handlers, trappers, and farmers ... and to insect vectors that harbor disease) and encouraging people to avoid exposure to insects in endemic areas. Because ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM April 2010
... emphasize the need to improve control of hypertension in people with diabetes. Sixty- five percent of diabetic deaths ... reduction in blood pressure (below 130/80 mm Hg) in people with diabetes leads to significant reductions in ... initial therapy with two antihypertensive drugs for people with diabetes and blood pressure above 150/90 mm Hg.  ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2010
... may be that, given the many opportunities for input that people now have (phone, e-mail, regular surveys, elections), ... the motion about bicycle helmets. And yet we still see people of all ages disregarding the law, riding without a ... I get so worked up about this issue? Because I work with people who have brain injuries.  “Most people outside our ...