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Premise / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2014
... preventive care and therapeutic work is designed to enable people to live fulfilling lives for longer. This practice ... in Canadian hospitals, this one was about 50% occupied by people awaiting placement in long-term care facilities. The prospect of becoming one of those people horrified her. As she put it, “that is not living, ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Sean Virani, MD, May 2014
... may be affected by an inherited heart rhythm condition. People with this condition are at risk for sudden cardiac ... funding from other sources, has a steering committee of 18 people and more than 200 individuals involved. The SSC grant ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Shelley Ross, MD October 2014
... have such fun with her patients and her practice that people often asked whether there was a party going on in her ... development. Shirley quickly learned that the issues people bring into emergency are not always straightforward. ...
News January/February 2014
... a condition that severely limits the vision of about 5000 people in North America. The development of this potential ...
Letters / BY: C. Eve Rotem, MD, July/August 2014
... beds are available). Seeing what Dr Lowe and many other people have had to go through, it is time to tackle and solve ... should be discussed with a broader group, not only with people who have an incurable disease or are in constant ... pain clinics, is not always relieved. There are times when people are left to face a life that is not acceptable to ...
Letters / BY: John Dale, MD, April 2014
... conclusion that assisted suicide legislation will pressure people to choose suicide, but it will give many the ...
News / BY: Shannon Waters, MD, September 2014
... (FNHA) supports frequent HIV testing for Aboriginal people in BC. The new BC HIV testing guidelines urge health ... 5 years for the general population.[ 1,2 ] Aboriginal people are included in “populations with a higher burden of HIV infection,” together with gay men, people who inject drugs, people who work in the sex trade, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM January/February 2014
... reaching a record high in the developed world. Many more people are now surviving illnesses that were previously ... patients with multiple complex comorbidities. Elderly people in hospital are at high risk not only for functional ...
News June 2014
... distracted by salient but irrelevant information when people want to focus on a particular item or task. Dr John ... 2009. But, until now, little was known about how it helps people ignore visual distractions. Authors of the study ... are now turning their attention to understanding how people deal with distraction, and looking at when and why ...
Premise / BY: Margaret Reveley, November 2014
... their patients? What are the hidden dangers in untrained people like me even knowing what a uvulopalatopharyngoplasty ... When we start to see doctors’ waiting rooms filled with people holding computer printouts in their hands then we may ...