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News January/February 2020
... ). Routine screening for thyroid dysfunction in people without symptoms or risk factors is commonly ordered, ... to heat or cold, hair loss, and irregular heart rhythms. People on medications such as lithium or amiodarone or with ... find evidence of benefits from screening and treatment in people without symptoms, but highlighted that screening ...
News January/February 2020
... Its development was funded by Health Canada to help people living in Canada prepare for their future health care ... and estate planning, to create a kind of safety net for people throughout their lives. The 2019 National Framework ...
News January/February 2020
... campus suggests that ketone monoester drinks may help people with diabetes and prediabetes who are looking for ... dieting. To test the idea, Little and his team asked 15 people to consume a ketone drink after fasting overnight. ...
News January/February 2020
... stress. Sakakibara adds that health care management for people with multiple chronic diseases is traditionally based ... CM in individuals at high risk, as well as efforts to help people with CM better manage their health and well-being. ...
News January/February 2020
... by helping researchers better understand the needs of people living with epilepsy and seizures. Researchers are ... the survey if you are: A health care provider working with people with epilepsy. A person with epilepsy or seizures. A ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB January/February 2020
... an editorial[ 1 ] in which I stated, “Injured or sick people who languish on wait lists deteriorate and cost more ... legal costs in an effort to oppose the will of 80% of its people, it makes one wonder what kind of democracy we live ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Hetesh Ranchod, MD, FRCPC January/February 2020
... Loss. Support groups: In-person and telephone groups for people in the early stages of dementia and groups for ... Minds in Motion: A social and fitness program for people with mild cognitive impairment in the early stages of ... access to community resources. A study has shown that people who were referred directly to First Link by health ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Henry Lau, RD January/February 2020
... food choices As the common first point of contact for people accessing the health care system, physicians play an ... approach to addressing food insecurity is to refer people to charitable food outlets such as food banks; ... a number of systems-level changes to support Indigenous people’s access to both healthy food and their traditional ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2020
... lower mortality rate than SARS but by the sheer number of people infected was responsible for millions of deaths. By ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP March 2020
... of sea level rise, disrupting health services not only for people living near the ocean but those across the province ... Vancouver, which together serve a population of 300 000 people, are vulnerable to a 1-in-500-year storm surge even at ...