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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM March 2015
... rate among HSCT recipients is 186 and among HIV-positive people is 173 per 100 000.[ 3 ] A record linkage study in ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2015
... life. There were certainly difficult times as well; many people were hurt. But the most exhilarating moments involved ... adventure. I thought to myself, I like this place; these people are cool!   Having spent 27 years in general ... setting was the extension of my practice. I could ship people down to emerg and have them triaged and worked up, and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ryan R. Woods, PhD June 2015
... a version of their population projections, known as PEOPLE, once a year. This report utilized PEOPLE 2012, which includes population projections by ... driven largely by population growth and aging, more people will have a family member affected by cancer; and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD November 2015
... may increase the risk for adverse health effects for some people.[ 4 ] Because vitamin D is stored in fat cells, excess ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Naveed Z. Janjua, MBBS, DrPH January/February 2015
... with HCV.[ 2 ] In British Columbia, approximately 80 000 people have been diagnosed with HCV and many are unaware of ... with end-stage liver disease. Most new infections occur in people who inject drugs. Other HCV-affected populations ... immigrants from HCV-endemic countries and Aboriginal people.[ 3 ] The Public Health Agency of Canada recommends ...
News / BY: Jessica A. Otte, MD, CCFP, July/August 2015
... do not read it. It explains the harms of turning people into patients—or worse, consumers—and the ... bias that more is better. “Doctors tend to be vocational people who want to do good things: if you found out that your ... care, and gathering the courage to joyfully care for people the way you’ve always known was right. —Jessica ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD April 2015
... When the subject of governance comes up in conversation, people’s eyes usually glaze over. Many find it to be a ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Lind Grant-Oyeye, MD, September 2015
... little successes. Who are your heroes?   Everyday people who overcome the simplest hurdles. I particularly ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB June 2015
... which I am able to have a positive individual influence on people’s lives while also contributing to the greater good ...
MDs To Be / BY: Cynthia Kong, December 2015
... started medical school. But now I think there are too many people, too many cars, and definitely too few cows in the ...