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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2019
... not a normal part of aging. The first support group for people with dementia was not formed until 1993, and it was ... Only in the past few years have memoirs been written by people with dementia. This pattern is a symptom of the stigma ... to learn from qualitative studies about the experience of people actually living with dementia.  A meta-synthesis ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Judy Dercksen, MD January/February 2019
... from migraines to plantar fasciitis, and the number of people suffering from pain, currently one in five, is ... on pain can enhance chronic pain management for many people.[ 1 ] Past president of the American Academy of Pain ... diseases.” McGowan estimates that between 3000 and 3500 people participate in the program every year, and that half ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Steven Larigakis, MD March 2019
... of psychological, social, and physical aspects, and puts people at risk of adverse health outcomes, including falls, ... although its prevalence does rise with age, from 16% of people 65 years old to over 50% of those over 85.[ 3 ] ...
Letters / BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP April 2019
... musculoskeletal pain is common in our society. One in five people suffer with chronic pain in Canada. We need ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Jacob L. Stubbs, BKin May 2019
... fire and ambulance is that more often than not we know the people’s names, we’ve cared for them day in and day out, ... you? An easy way to look at harm reduction is as meeting people where they’re at. For the person with sleep ... emergency rooms have barriers for some individuals. Many people in this neighborhood cannot go through the triage ...
Letters / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC June 2019
... the prime purpose of these power structures is to employ people, not to decrease infections. A small first step in ...
Letters / BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP June 2019
... an innovative methodology that can significantly benefit people living with chronic pain. In your December 2018 letter ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC June 2019
... person with obesity: healthy, active, motivated? For many people these are not the words that come to mind. Despite ... unchecked, and in many cases, institutionalized. Many people continue to hold feelings of disapproval toward people with obesity, leading to unfair judgment and ...
Letters / BY: Reza Afshari, MD, MPH, PhD July/August 2019
... with the issue. A picture is worth a thousand words! People may forget the text but are more likely to remember ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2019
... Shannon the day of her inauguration. Speaking of young people, what are the challenges that medical students and ... later. That route’s a lot more difficult now, and people decide what they want to do early on, by the end of ... tone for the family practice being patient-centred, where people come, they feel welcome, they feel like their needs ...