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Clinical Articles /
BY: Basia M. Hamata, MD,
January/February 2015
... dyslipidemias in BC is estimated to be about 1 in 40 people. An even greater number are affected if people with elevated Lp(a) are counted in this estimate. ...
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 ...
Proust for Physicians /
BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC
January/February 2015
... for a couple of days. On what occasion do you lie? When people ask me about my height. Which words or phrases do you ...
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 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Patrick Tang, MD, PhD,
April 2015
Every year approximately 300 people in BC are diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB) ...
Proust for Physicians /
BY: Benjamin Ross, MD,
April 2015
... your heroes? I see heroes every day—essentially ordinary people having to deal with extraordinary hardships. What is ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Martha J. Ignaszewski,
May 2015
... rates climbing.[ 2 ] Compared with the general population, people with schizophrenia have a risk of premature death that ... rates are decreasing globally, they are increasing in people with schizophrenia,[ 5 ] likely due to ... (DM) and CAD,[ 8 ] and is significantly more common in people with schizophrenia. Compared with 25% of people in the ...
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 ...
Proust for Physicians /
BY: Kenneth Fung, MD,
June 2015
... Which talent would you most like to have? To read people’s minds. What do you consider your greatest ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Benjamin Matthew, MHSc, MD,
July/August 2015
Backgound An estimated 1.7 billion people worldwide are affected by obesity (BMI greater than 30 ... ABSTRACT Background: An estimated 1.7 billion people worldwide are affected by obesity-related ...