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Clinical Articles / BY: Martha Spencer, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... in Canada in 1995 by the Ontario Ministry of Health.[ 5 ] The NCA assesses patients using a structured approach. A ... For instance, postmenopausal women with diabetes have a 2.5 times greater risk of having urinary incontinence than ...
Letters / BY: David D.W. Twa, BSc October 2017
... of marijuana legalization has come into question.[ 5 ] I have faith that we will be prepared if the Canadian ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leo Lai, MD, FRCPC April 2017
... guidelines recommend a target HbA1c level of 7.1% to 8.5% for patients with limited life expectancy, a higher level ... even those not known to cause withdrawal symptoms. Step 5: Monitoring, support, and documentation Patient monitoring ... be withdrawn, (4) planning and initiating withdrawal, and (5) monitoring and documenting the process. Evidence is ...
Obituaries / BY: Eric M. Yoshida, OBC, MD, MHSc, FRCPC January/February 2017
... was born in New Westminster on 2 January 1938 as a 3.5-lb premature baby and endured the struggles of being a ...
Premise / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2017
... Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care .[ 5 ] As in his presentations[ 6 ] on the topic, he uses ... ourselves on the patient’s side of the stethoscope.”[ 5 ] Our patients Of course, our colleagues are not our only ...
Premise / BY: Paul Winston, MD, FRCPC September 2017
... and was still taking high doses of hydromorphone, a drug 5 times more potent than plain morphine (e.g., 6 mg of ... psychiatric comorbidities. Finally, Colman and colleagues[ 5 ] have addressed depression and reviewed factors that ...
MDs To Be / BY: Marc Jutras, BBA, UBC Medicine, Class of 2018 March 2017
... in subsequent editions, including the current  DSM-5 , published in 2013.[ 3 ] With theoretical frameworks and a ... cognitions and emotions underlying mental disorders.[ 5,6 ] When combined with principles of behaviorism, this ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tania Morrison, MHSc, RD June 2017
... of depression, distress, and social isolation.[ 1,5 ] Among children and youth, food insecurity is associated ...
Premise / BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd November 2017
... only. Students studied 14 hours a day, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the classroom and then in the evening when Mr Kumar ... a book in his life, and writing one page could take 5 hours. He had help from a writing team: Mr Arun Kumar, a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Damon Ramsey, MD December 2017
... and commerce has simply not happened in health care.[ 5 ] A 2013 RAND and American Medical Association study of ...