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Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... 2 , 3 ] Primary care physicians manage the majority of people living with diabetes, and more than 20% of a typical ... physician’s caseload will likely involve caring for people with either diabetes or prediabetes.[ 4 ] Not only is ... preferences and values are considered by consulting people with diabetes and reviewing the literature. Each ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews July/August 2018
... Spanish. Since moving to Vancouver I try to care for people in their first language, and in return they correct my ... spot, there is a mismatch between the jobs we are training people for and the jobs that are available. That is why I’m ... their work and personal lives and continue to grow as people and healers. They want models of support that allow ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC May 2018
... LGV infections are symptomatic, it is more likely that people living with HIV have a higher risk of acquiring LGV. ... MSM who are “out” to their health care providers or people living with HIV) are overrepresented in the LGV case ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC November 2018
... rate of type 2 diabetes is 8.8%,[ 1 ] with Indigenous people being disproportionally affected.[ 2 ] In Canada, the ... in women.[ 3 ] It is predicted that one in two Indigenous people in their 20s will develop diabetes at some point in ... communities. This is of consequence, since many Indigenous people have had adverse experiences with authorities who are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... has been highlighted in the media.[ 10 , 11 , 12 ] Young people age 20 to 29 years have higher rates of mental illness ... 15 ] Mental illness is highly detrimental to these young people, delaying or preventing their education, increasing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C. Bruce Verchere, PhD November 2018
... and have limited therapeutic options. With 1.4 million people impacted by prediabetes or diabetes in British ... risk in vulnerable populations, including Indigenous people and youth with mental illness. These studies have ... laboratory-based discoveries to improving the lives of people with diabetes. Islet biology is clearly a recognized ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Caddy, MD October 2018
... included primary care physicians, trainees, and people with opioid use disorder throughout BC. Based on the ... The needs of primary care physicians, trainees, and people with opioid use disorder were considered during ... included primary care physicians, trainees, and people with opioid use disorder throughout BC. Feedback was ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2017
... completing my PhD in genetics. I wound up in a class with people for whom I’d been a microbiology TA as a grad ... But I wanted to do something that was more involved with people and was more of a demonstrable helping profession. ... get in now. The entrance process is different. There are people who’ve done Nobel Prize–worthy things just to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joshua Budlovsky, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... risk are key to prevention. Over 80% of all fractures in people 50 years and older are caused by osteoporosis.[ 5 ] ... use; however, up to half of atypical fractures occur in people not exposed to bisphosphonates, complicating estimates ...
MDs To Be / BY: Katarina Wind, BSc (Hons) October 2017
... ), created by Vancouverite Gaby Eirew, that allows people to create their own legacy in the form of a video. ... It is amazing how during the most difficult circumstances people can often feel the most grateful. Lucio talked about ... I’m not planning on dying anytime soon, neither are most people who write wills and purchase life insurance. ...