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Clinical Articles / BY: Stephen J. Kiraly, MD, FRCPC, September 2011
... about prevention. In the US in 2009 there were 5.3 million people with Alzheimer disease (AD), and a new case developed ... 50. Age-related memory impairment af­fects about 40% of people 65 years or older.[ 19 ] It is a cumulative result of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2011
... in the 10 highly endemic states in US is 29.2 per 100000 people,[ 9 ] indicating important differences in both disease ... the cause of this syndrome and therapeutic options for people who are suffering from its debilitating symptoms. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Aaron Talsky, MD, January/February 2011
... war zone injury.[ 2 ] In the US, approximately 2 million people will sustain a TBI each year, one-quarter of whom will ...
MDs To Be / BY: Katie Wiskar, BSc, September 2011
... fortunate to have such a talented and dedicated group of people working in their interests. Everyone I’ve met at the ... system—but there are a lot of great things too. Great people, great programs, great visions for the future. Looking ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mazhar Haque, MBBS, FRACP, May 2010
... cirrhosis (PBC), among British Columbia’s First Nations people.[ 26 ] Patients with autoimmune liver disease may have ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Robert Young, MD, June 2010
... for seniors, women through pregnancy and childbirth, and people with mental illness and substance abuse issues. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Megan Isaac-Renton, BSc, July/August 2010
... hunters, trappers, and those who handle ill wild animals. People working with sheep have been reported to be at high ... infected animal.  Infection can be prevented by educating people at high risk (animal handlers, trappers, and farmers ... and to insect vectors that harbor disease) and encouraging people to avoid exposure to insects in endemic areas. Because ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC March 2010
... after the procedure. The radiation exposure to other people is very low; for example, the total dose of radiation ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margot Davis, MD, September 2010
... group.  It provides a risk assessment model for British people of In­dian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, black Caribbean, ... A study by the Framingham group demonstrated that among people free of cardiovascular disease at age 50, the lifetime ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, March 2010
... to their mid-twenties) are affected by MDD, and that most people who develop the disorder experience their first ...