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Editorials / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS April 2017
... Examples of disease-disease interactions are common: older people with major neurocognitive disorder are at increased ... delirium during an acute medical illness,[ 2 ] and older people who develop delirium during hospitalization have a ... of disease-drug interactions are also common: older people with major neurocognitive disorder are at risk of ...
Letters / BY: Mary Donlevy, MD April 2017
... (i.e., with or without treatments offered)? These dying people are making an active choice in how they want to feel ...
News April 2017
... select groups, such as social-assistance recipients and people over age 65. Other Canadians may receive drug coverage ...
News April 2017
People who boost their vitamin D levels with supplements ... The impact in Canada, based on a population of 35 million people, shows vitamin D could spare 1.75 million people having one RTI per year. Vitamin D researchers have ...
News April 2017
... heart and lung problems. But what are its consequences on people in smaller urban centres? By comparing pollution data ...
Premise / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2017
... in our work and we become somewhat inured to its effect on people who do not see it as often as we do. People are afraid of death. Our youth-obsessed society lives ... ] In supporting patients as they learn about the ways that people die and encouraging them to address the cycle of life, ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS May 2017
... In them, I see the potential for great leaders. I see people very dedicated to family medicine and to providing ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD June 2017
... say no? Kamloops has an increasing number of homeless people, and I’ve taken the time to discuss the issue with people from vastly different backgrounds. The director of a ... me his goal was to provide a safe, comfortable place where people can eat, learn, and interact. He feels that physicians ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2017
... to a variety of mood disorders particularly among young people. My patients often claim that marijuana is the only ...
News June 2017
People with multiple sclerosis can show signs of something ... according to a new analysis of health records from people with the condition. The new research is a first step ... disease. The researchers examined health records of 14 000 people with multiple sclerosis from BC, Saskatchewan, ...