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Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
May 2013
... require extra training to properly diagnose and treat people. They also feel that there would be no financial ...
Letters /
BY: Jeffrey Eppler, MD
May 2013
... even for primary prevention. It is not unusual to see people on statins who have terminal cancer or chronic ...
Letters /
BY: Jerry Nussbaum,
May 2013
... rights, and pediatrician, has not ceased to inspire people who become acquainted with his work and philosophy. ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Paul J. Yong, MD, PhD, FRCSC
June 2013
... poor function may be referred to community resources for people living with disabilities, chronic pain, or both. A ... of Victoria, and patient-led organizations such as the People in Pain Network. Work also began in September 2012 on ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
June 2013
... understand them myself. Telling patients that 95% of people fall in those normal ranges 95% of the time makes ...
Letters /
BY: Jonathan Gravel, MSc,
June 2013
... child is much too young to decide for him- or herself. People need to be informed that highly dilute solutions may ...
Letters /
BY: Ann Zanbilowicz, MA,
July/August 2013
... about urinary incontinence in long-term care in BC. Many people entering a facility in our province are put into ...
Letters /
BY: John Miller, MD,
July/August 2013
... seems to be much unnecessary prescribing of statins to people near the end of life. I would also add that cholesterol testing is being done far too often in people where it isn’t warranted. For example, I saw a ... precious health care dollars are being spent? How many people are having side effects from meds that are unlikely to ...
Letters /
BY: S. Ambulgekar, MD,
July/August 2013
... busy our main job is. Otherwise, by default unqualified people get slotted into the system. Then the problem gets ...
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 ...