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Letters / BY: Gerrard A. Vaughan, MD March 2017
... College remains very concerned about the circumstances of people who are unable to access a primary care physician. ...
News / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD March 2017
... sources, and an index. Scots, French, and Aboriginal people established the lucrative fur trade in the area under ...
News / BY: Laura McLean March 2017
... to disease. They predict a chilling effect: if people suspect they will be denied insurance, they may avoid ... and to research that depends on genetic testing. If people do undergo testing that reveals risk factors, they may ... privacy advocates worry about potential mishandling of people’s most sensitive medical information. As science ...
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 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Melissa McLaws, DVM, PhD April 2017
... fatal zoonotic viral infection, and kills more than 59 000 people annually around the world, mostly in Asia and Africa. ...
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 ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Val Tregillus May 2017
... in Vancouver at the Sheraton Wall Centre. Close to 600 people came from all over BC to share their experiences, ... meeting of the group, which now numbers more than 2600 people, including seven health authorities, three ministries ... the mental health and substance use needs of their young people and their families. Impact of childhood trauma The ...