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Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD January/February 2006
... and nephropathy continue to exert their grim toll, most people with diabetes (up to 80%) will eventually succumb to a ... as individuals without diabetes. The question is whether people with diabetes are really a coronary risk equivalent. ...
News / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2006
... still teaches courses in the art and science of helping people die on their own terms. Hogg’s lifetime of ... range of games, quizzes, videos, and animations to educate people on subjects such as contraception, STIs, and sexual ... sidestep some of the embarrassment that may stand between people and reliable sexual health information. To date, the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Richard K. Elwood, MB, BCh, MRCP(UK), FRCPC March 2006
... to tuberculosis control efforts. Approximately 50 million people worldwide are infected with drug-resistant ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC March 2006
... any adverse effects on health. Although we know most people spend over 90% of their time in indoor environments ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP March 2006
... than 1% will develop meningitis or encephalitis. Older people, as well as those with chronic disease such as ... feed primarily at dawn and dusk from spring to fall. People who work outdoors should be encouraged to wear ... to deal with dead birds (especially of the crow family). People should avoid direct skin contact with the carcass and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc April 2006
... sometimes cause aggressive infections in otherwise healthy people. [1-9]  Along with severe skin and soft tissue ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Nadine Caron, MD, April 2006
... that would: • Describe the history of First Nations people in British Columbia. • Introduce current social, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP May 2006
... and well-being of British Columbians. Currently 5.2% of people living in BC have been diagnosed with diabetes and ...
Letters / BY: G. Frank O. Tyers, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FACC, ABS, ABTS May 2006
... North Korea are the last two countries trying to deny sick people a choice. Surely Cuba can’t have moved ahead of us? ... I would appreciate knowing if I have been wrong in telling people that Canada and two brutal communist dictatorships ...
Letters / BY: Ken Bassett, MD, PhD May 2006
... clinical trials, during which relatively small numbers of people are exposed to a drug, typically for periods ranging ...