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Letters / BY: Alexander Boggie, MD March 2010
... health care workers of the special role they have in people’s lives. Thank you for bringing this problem to ...
MDs To Be / BY: Jenny Ko, March 2010
... about achievable quality of life experienced by people living in the community with mech­anical ... permissible.  Worst of all, legalized euthanasia puts people who are suffering and vulnerable at risk, and no legal ...
News / BY: Jeremy Daniels, March 2010
... Rehabilitation Program in Ottawa, has written a book for people who have come to know pain, and those who are curious ...
News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) March 2010
... disease once it has already occurred. In the minds of many people, including the popular press and government health ... primary care pro­vider. It is all too possible for people to fall between the cracks in the current system, and ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS March 2010
... It can cause considerable damage to your home or injury to people. • During the winter season, if you are going to be ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, March 2010
... change. “To effect large-scale change, you need to rally people behind a common goal,” he explains.  When he ... to get their agreement to select a common vendor. Some people already had an EMR, some were close to retirement, and ... practice and couldn’t afford it. The more I spoke to people, the more I got confirmation that it was a good idea. ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Diana June King, March 2010
... in medicine. Over the years Don was many things to many people—philanthropist, entrepreneur, community leader, ... for their tests; he provided lab services in areas where people had none—in many cases, at a financial loss. Service ... He was always on the lookout for opportunities to match people up. One of his legacies at a number of institutions is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM April 2010
... emphasize the need to improve control of hypertension in people with diabetes. Sixty- five percent of diabetic deaths ... reduction in blood pressure (below 130/80 mm Hg) in people with diabetes leads to significant reductions in ... initial therapy with two antihypertensive drugs for people with diabetes and blood pressure above 150/90 mm Hg.  ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2010
... need. Does charity really begin at home? I wonder how many people have walked by some homeless guy to give or mail a ...
News April 2010
... where possible.  It is estimated that more than 12000 people in BC are living with HIV, and about 27% of these ...