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Clinical Articles / BY: Joshua Budlovsky, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... by her daughter. She has come to follow up with you 1 week after being discharged from hospital, where she was ... too common in our aging population. Osteoporosis occurs in 1 in 4 women and 1 in 8 men over the age of 50 and affects approximately 1.4 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kenneth M. Madden, MD, MSc March 2017
... visits to the emergency department are due to syncope.[ 1 ] Because rates of syncope increase with age, older adults ... are especially vulnerable to syncope-related injury.[ 1 ] Falls due to fainting, which often lead to hip fractures, ... syncope, and syndromes with syncope-like symptoms ( Table 1 ) are common causes of syncopal events. Regardless of the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark W. Tyndall, MD, ScD, FRCPC March 2017
... monthly total of deaths ever recorded (128 deaths).[ 1 ] This is particularly alarming as it is happening despite ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ronald A. Remick, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... be as effective as antidepressants or cognitive therapy.[ 1,2 ] Current research focuses on determining what types of ...
Editorials / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS March 2017
... value has been well documented in the medical literature.[ 1,2 ] Proven benefits for patients include the preservation ... Editorials Guest editorial: Caring for older adults, Part 1: The value of geriatric assessment ...
MDs To Be / BY: Marc Jutras, BBA, UBC Medicine, Class of 2018 March 2017
... trepanning in an effort to release the offending spirit.[ 1 ] Relatively little in the way of improvements were ...
News March 2017
... first series has two sessions available: •    Session 1 focuses on how physicians can identify, plan for, and begin ...
News March 2017
... a baby or planning a pregnancy during the period of 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018? If so, then it is important to ... package, please contact Lorie Lynch, PLP administrator, at 1 800 665-2262 (ext. 2882) or 604 638-2882, or e-mail ...
News / BY: Rory Sutherland, UBC MD Candidate, Class of 2019 March 2017
... to be an important independent risk factor for AsCVD.[ 1 ] Risk is further increased by a younger age of onset in ...
Premise / BY: Kevin Wade, CD, MD, CCFP March 2017
... Slater and Ms Bloch-Hansen, and Dr Avery and colleagues.[ 1-3 ] Given that 2 years have passed since these articles ... from hospital to hospital, lasting for at least 1 year to minimize the administrative burden of repeat ...