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Clinical Articles / BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC, April 2016
... cardiomyopathy was the most common cause of SCD in young people in the Veneto region of Italy.[ 1 ] This finding, ... lead to ventricular fibrillation and is seen commonly in people of Southeast Asian ancestry. In European studies of ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2016
... very active embassies in the UK at that time, recruiting people to bring their talent, come overseas, build a new ... in the 1980s, what prompted your move to Canada? Most people will probably anticipate that I chose to move because ... by how different medicine appeared to be. In South Africa people would arrive at hospitals or community clinics with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bakul Dalal, MD, July/August 2016
... and at a rate of approximately 5 to 10 cases per million people.[ 1 ] Patients with PNH lack a protein called ... and at a rate of approximately 5 to 10 cases per million people. Now that a highly effective treatment is available ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James McKinney, MD, MSc, April 2016
... Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study[ 4 ] of 13 344 healthy people. The subjects included in the study had no personal ... due to cerebrovascular diseases.[ 17 ] Physically inactive people have a significantly elevated stroke risk (RR 1.60).[ ... risk of developing cancer among physically inactive people.[ 4,20 ] In the NHANES I survey, physical inactivity ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer Smith, BFA January/February 2016
... public health and has reported that more than 1.2 million people are fatally injured every year.[ 1 ] Although Canada ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jaclyn R. Farquhar, MD July/August 2016
... one in four adult Canadians, or about 6.3 million people, were obese. Since 2003, the proportion of obese ... been well quantified is the care gap that can occur when people with an illness need but do not receive treatment.[ 33 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katherine Shoults, MD, May 2016
... oxide abuse specifically, but it is estimated that 40% of people who claim to use inhalants concomitantly abuse nitrous ...
MDs To Be / BY: Ben Chan, BSc, January/February 2016
... specific, meaningful goal for the organization to focus people’s efforts and attract others who are passionate about the cause. If the goal is not clear, people won’t know exactly what you are trying to achieve ... yourself or partner with someone who already has them. People will be hesitant to become involved and lend support ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2016
... by a layperson to medicine or to the welfare of the people of BC or Canada. Doctors of BC Silver Medal of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC, March 2016
... vagal tone followed by increased sympathetic tone. As people age, beta-receptor responsiveness decreases, leading ...