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Letters / BY: S. Ambulgekar, MD, July/August 2013
... busy our main job is. Otherwise, by default unqualified people get slotted into the system. Then the problem gets ...
MDs To Be / BY: Jasna Levi, BSc, MSc, July/August 2013
... I am to be in medical school surrounded by amazing people who are doing amazing things. It makes me want to be ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS July/August 2013
... when they bought their travel insurance policy. Many people are not aware of the importance of disclosing complete ...
News July/August 2013
... available from the BC Centre for Disease Control to help people affected by the condition and community services ... led by Dr Gail Butt. The project’s goal was to learn why people with hepatitis C delay, interrupt, or avoid care. ... detection and management of the disease by encouraging people to get tested and access follow-up care and treatment ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sophia Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2013
... complete penetrance, hFH affects an estimated 13 million people worldwide;[ 5 ] however, less than 25% of these ... with hFH live in Canada, with about 8000 of these people residing in British Columbia.[ 33 ] According to a ... With a prevalence rate of approximately 1 case in 500 people, heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is one of ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB September 2013
... to create more beds in an already overcrowded hospital. People actually get paid to dream this stuff up and implement ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2013
... patients asking for these tests are reasonable, likable people whom I have taken care of for years. They don’t ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2013
... it? I probably worked too much, and made too many other people’s problems my own, which may have been a contributor ... something that the BCMA has done right, but not many people know about? I think it would be great if we could ...
News September 2013
... Interact (Rotary International’s service club for young people ages 12 to 18) on a humanitarian trip to Mexico where ...
News / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD September 2013
... without sounding preachy or whiny. I don’t know many people her age that could reach out with so much aplomb. I ...