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Letters September 2017
... my city as elsewhere in this province we have thousands of people who cannot find a family doctor. Walk-in clinics ...
News November 2017
... survival from cancer between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in British Columbia, conducted jointly by the BC ... shows a lower incidence of the disease for Indigenous people overall but also lower survival rates for most ... to improve cancer diagnosis and care for Indigenous people in BC, which is why the First Nations Health ...
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 ...
Letters / BY: Daniel L. Metzger, MD, FAAP, FRCPC September 2017
... eating disorders that are observed across the age span of people living with diabetes, perhaps most so in the middle ...
Letters / BY: R.A. Rockerbie, PhD January/February 2017
... traffic deaths could merely mean that more people were using the drug, not necessarily that more people were under the influence of marijuana. The doubling in ...
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 / BY: Mariel Ang, MPH, BA Kin September 2017
... is an evidence-based conservative management program for people with hip or knee OA that addresses the recommended ...
News January/February 2017
... Project MinE will map the full DNA profiles of 15 000 people with ALS and 7500 control subjects to establish a ... Project MinE would allow for the stored DNA profiles of people with ALS to be contributed to the project, and it ...
News / BY: Blake Stitilis, MPH September 2017
... harm reduction options are available.[ 2 ] Incarcerated people are given an HIV test upon admission to prison, and HIV antiretrovirals (ARVs) are available to people who contract HIV inside Canadian prisons. Most incarcerated people return to their communities at the end of their ...
News / BY: Eric Wong January/February 2017
... of becoming disabled vary among individuals, but for many people the odds might be higher than you would expect, and it ...