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Clinical Articles / BY: Jana Patenaude, BSc, MSc October 2005
... diabetes will reach 7.1% by the year 2010. [2] Aboriginal people as a group appear to be at increased risk of ... the prevalence rate of diabetes among the First Nations people in Canada is more than double the rate for the general ... of British Columbia. According to the 2001 census, 2260 people live in the Bella Coola Valley. [14,15]  Bella Coola ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG October 2005
If people in influential positions say stupid things, I used to ... would assume that they were simply saying what they think people expected them to say, and that they actually knew, ... in the face of human nature. Now I wonder—don’t these people get it? People are different—trite, but true. There ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD October 2005
... re-establish those really important connections with the people who share your DNA, their respective partners, and ...
Premise / BY: James E. Miles, MD, FRCPC October 2005
... have to endure this is cruel, and it usually affects those people least able to cope. So what is to be done? I thought a ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD October 2005
... challenging and interesting, but the joy comes from the people I meet, and the colleagues and staff with whom I work. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS November 2005
... from the time of diagnosis ranged from 8.3 years for people diagnosed with AD at age 65 years to 3.4 years for ... their behavior. Tracking the progression of impairment in people with late AD can be difficult because of many ... approaches are appropriate. Cognition in late AD People with late disease experience deficits in multiple ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martha Lou Donnelly, MD, CCFP, FRCPC November 2005
... Psychotic symptoms include misidentification of other people or self, delusions, and auditory or visual ...
Clinical Articles / BY: B. Lynn Beattie, MD, FRCPC November 2005
... 3. Donepezil therapy in many cases of AD appears to keep people stable over time. [10]  The effect of this medication ...
Editorials / BY: B. Lynn Beattie, MD, FRCPC November 2005
... takes a comprehensive look at how we can improve care for people with dementia in BC and provides a systematic overview ...
Letters / BY: David Brough, MD November 2005
... the fee. The fee schedule accepts that care of older people is more complex, but for some reason only if it’s in ... the same rate as an office visit and be allowed to see people when needed—as applies to the office. The proposals ...