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News July/August 2014
... has found that synapses that are too strong can hinder people’s capacity to learn new things by affecting the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James G. Huang, MD, PGDipSurgAnat, FRACS, September 2014
... in  Table 2 . PSA increases with age and is higher in people of certain races, such as African Americans. ...
Letters / BY: James K. Mackenzie, MBBS, September 2014
... almost identical with mine. It seems to me that for those people who are truly disabled the disability pensions ... However, at the same time, there are clearly far too many people being awarded disability pensions on the basis of ...
Letters / BY: Jane Dyson, September 2014
... and are trying to help their clients by "lying to have people collect unjustified income supplements." While we ... view that it would be wrong for any organization to help people fraudulently obtain benefits, we are writing to ... you with a different perspective. The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD) has been assisting ...
News / BY: Shannon Waters, MD, September 2014
... (FNHA) supports frequent HIV testing for Aboriginal people in BC. The new BC HIV testing guidelines urge health ... 5 years for the general population.[ 1,2 ] Aboriginal people are included in “populations with a higher burden of HIV infection,” together with gay men, people who inject drugs, people who work in the sex trade, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC October 2014
... such as children, youth, pregnant women, nursing mothers, people with heart conditions, and the elderly.[ 9 ] Despite ... will be a gateway to conventional cigarette use in young people by exposing them to nicotine[ 11-12 ] and by ...
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 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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFP, November 2014
... morbidity and mortality,[ 1 ] especially among elderly people, who are more likely to have comorbid conditions and ... of medication effects in older patients. Elderly people living in residential care facilities are at ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD November 2014
... regarding coconut oil are that it boosts brain function in people with Alzheimer disease; improves thyroid and heart ...