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MDs To Be / BY: Ryan Danroth, BSc March 2018
... . . . [as] the evidence strongly suggests that countless people have become infected with HIV as a result of sharing ...
Letters / BY: Melissa Carr, DrTCM, BSc January/February 2018
... 8 August 2017).” That makes it sound like 25% of people who take Chinese herbs end up with liver damage. ... numbers) is correct, we still have no idea how many people that is. The statistic is meaningless. Next, the ... aware of the potential dangers of these products.” Some people think that the world of natural health products is ...
MDs To Be / BY: Justin Burton, MSc, UBC Medicine, Class of 2018 January/February 2018
... services to approximately 15 000 predominantly Indigenous people spread throughout roughly 100 villages. The Missionary ... affected by cataracts or pterygium, and showed that the people in the Napo region had to contend with more than ... the comparisons are not limited to rural populations; the people in the Napo region struggle with the same issues of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC May 2018
... LGV infections are symptomatic, it is more likely that people living with HIV have a higher risk of acquiring LGV. ... MSM who are “out” to their health care providers or people living with HIV) are overrepresented in the LGV case ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM April 2018
... most have attended seminars preoperatively and talked with people who have had the surgery. Very infrequently, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jacqueline Chang, MD, CCFP April 2018
... National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website,[ 8 ] people who want to maintain their weight loss, as well as people who want to lose a large amount of weight (more than ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... in the Journal of Alzheimer Disease . They recommend that people get tested for peptide amyloid beta protein 42 (Abeta ... disease would typically occur. If it’s elevated, these people should take daily ibuprofen to ward off the disease, ... of heart attack, stroke, and death. In addition, elderly people may have increased cardiovascular risk and disease. In ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews July/August 2018
... Spanish. Since moving to Vancouver I try to care for people in their first language, and in return they correct my ... spot, there is a mismatch between the jobs we are training people for and the jobs that are available. That is why I’m ... their work and personal lives and continue to grow as people and healers. They want models of support that allow ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... has been highlighted in the media.[ 10 , 11 , 12 ] Young people age 20 to 29 years have higher rates of mental illness ... 15 ] Mental illness is highly detrimental to these young people, delaying or preventing their education, increasing ...
Letters / BY: Brian Brodie, MD September 2018
... the “same or better.” And so, our current products and people are not changing, they’re only going to be expanded ...