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News January/February 2017
... Project MinE will map the full DNA profiles of 15 000 people with ALS and 7500 control subjects to establish a ... Project MinE would allow for the stored DNA profiles of people with ALS to be contributed to the project, and it ...
News / BY: Eric Wong January/February 2017
... of becoming disabled vary among individuals, but for many people the odds might be higher than you would expect, and it ...
Obituaries / BY: Meryl Begert January/February 2017
... they discovered their life-long delight in meeting new people and facing new adventures. Herb graduated from the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark W. Tyndall, MD, ScD, FRCPC March 2017
... by law enforcement. Most of the deaths have occurred among people with long-standing opiate use, and the explanation for ... the risk. There are myriad reasons and events that launch people into habitual drug use—trauma, personal tragedy, ... indifference to the pain, suffering, and even death of people who buy drugs from the illicit market. If we ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ronald A. Remick, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... has created a team sport–based exercise intervention for people with or recovering from cancer. The program will ...
News / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD March 2017
... sources, and an index. Scots, French, and Aboriginal people established the lucrative fur trade in the area under ...
News / BY: Laura McLean March 2017
... to disease. They predict a chilling effect: if people suspect they will be denied insurance, they may avoid ... and to research that depends on genetic testing. If people do undergo testing that reveals risk factors, they may ... privacy advocates worry about potential mishandling of people’s most sensitive medical information. As science ...
Obituaries / BY: Brian John Morgan, MBChB March 2017
... photography and birding to the fullest extent. Paul loved people and always sought ways to be with those who were his ...
Obituaries / BY: Jayne Postuk, LLB, DTh March 2017
... a highly respected colleague. He practised old-fashioned people-based medicine and knew that sometimes a good chat ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Melissa McLaws, DVM, PhD April 2017
... fatal zoonotic viral infection, and kills more than 59 000 people annually around the world, mostly in Asia and Africa. ...