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Letters / BY: R.A. Rockerbie, PhD January/February 2017
... traffic deaths could merely mean that more people were using the drug, not necessarily that more people were under the influence of marijuana. The doubling in ...
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 ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2017
... prolonged dying with poor symptom control has made people even more fearful of the dying process. And society ... which the MAID is provided, because it is well known that people’s desire for hastened death can change over time[ 1 ... a study at a Seattle Cancer Centre[ 2 ] showed that of 114 people who inquired into the Death with Dignity program, ...
Letters / BY: John Sehmer, MD March 2017
... College appears unconcerned about the growing number of people who can no longer find a family physician who will ...
Letters / BY: Gerrard A. Vaughan, MD March 2017
... College remains very concerned about the circumstances of people who are unable to access a primary care physician. ...
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 ...
Letters / BY: Mary Donlevy, MD April 2017
... (i.e., with or without treatments offered)? These dying people are making an active choice in how they want to feel ...
News April 2017
... select groups, such as social-assistance recipients and people over age 65. Other Canadians may receive drug coverage ...