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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP January/February 2013
... So what are we to do? Conveying knowledge and educating people about why something is good for them is seldom enough. ... does seem to work, however, is the observation that when people realize that other people are doing something positive, they just might do it ...
Letters / BY: Shahzad Anwar, March 2013
... health-related information on the Internet.[ 1 ] These people tend to focus on the worst-case scenario and often ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD April 2013
... say they feel better since they have cut out gluten? Many people say that they feel better after eliminating gluten ...
Letters / BY: Robert G. Holmes, MD April 2013
... letter, Dr Rafi-Zadeh describes a small community of 8000 people 2 to 3 hours from Vancouver where one GP grosses over ...
Letters / BY: Jeffrey Eppler, MD May 2013
... even for primary prevention. It is not un­usual to see people on statins who have terminal cancer or chronic ...
Letters / BY: Jerry Nussbaum, May 2013
... rights, and pediatrician, has not ceased to inspire people who become acquainted with his work and philosophy.  ...
Letters / BY: Jonathan Gravel, MSc, June 2013
... child is much too young to decide for him- or herself.  People need to be informed that highly dilute solutions may ...
Letters / BY: Ann Zanbilowicz, MA, July/August 2013
... about urinary incontinence in long-term care in BC. Many people entering a facility in our province are put into ...
Letters / BY: John Miller, MD, July/August 2013
... seems to be much unnecessary prescribing of statins to people near the end of life.  I would also add that cholesterol testing is being done far too often in people where it isn’t warranted. For example, I saw a ... precious health care dollars are being spent? How many people are having side effects from meds that are unlikely to ...
Letters / BY: S. Ambulgekar, MD, July/August 2013
... busy our main job is. Otherwise, by default unqualified people get slotted into the system. Then the problem gets ...