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Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Bidu, MBA December 2017
I never thought I would be in the business of making other people’s health better. But that changed when I met Dr Eric ... The face of change   Taking a broad view, medicine helps people live longer, healthier, and happier lives. In doing ... tradition of innovation. There are more than 7 billion people on the planet, over 3 million doctors, and tens of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rinette Badker, MSc January/February 2017
... meditative practices with cognitive therapy to teach people how to become more aware of their thoughts and ... way.[ 10 ] While the therapy was originally designed for people in remission from recurrent major depressive disorder ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martha Spencer, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... phase 3 registration trials of mirabegron show efficacy in people older than 65 and 75, with evidence of safety over a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joshua Budlovsky, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... risk are key to prevention. Over 80% of all fractures in people 50 years and older are caused by osteoporosis.[ 5 ] ... use; however, up to half of atypical fractures occur in people not exposed to bisphosphonates, complicating estimates ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katalin Balogh, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2017
... 98%) for detecting dementia among community dwelling older people.[ 5 ] It has, however, low sensitivity for detecting ... can significantly improve cognition in at-risk older people after 2 years of intervention.[ 9 ] Hence, we ... risks.  The risk posed by polypharmacy is common in older people and can be especially problematic in patients with ...
Premise / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2017
... in our work and we become somewhat inured to its effect on people who do not see it as often as we do. People are afraid of death. Our youth-obsessed society lives ... ] In supporting patients as they learn about the ways that people die and encouraging them to address the cycle of life, ...
Premise / BY: Paul Winston, MD, FRCPC September 2017
... combination with sedatives, sleeping pills, and marijuana? People with chronic pain typically do not receive validation ... and continues with endless prescription renewals. We give people with acute soft tissue traumas such as whiplash ... that future research should focus on the factors that make people disabled after back injury. Chou and Shekelle[ 4 ] ...
Premise / BY: Bill Murray, CFP September 2017
... in person at least once to review everything. However, people’s situations are unique and any servicing agreement ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Travis Holyk, EdD November 2017
... services that meet their individual needs. First Nations people suffer from a greater burden of chronic disease than ... and issues by limiting access to healthy foods, placing people in inadequate housing, and making it impossible for ... care in the isolated communities where First Nations people in Northern BC often reside.  Benefits of ...
Premise / BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd November 2017
... because he might not be fluent enough in English and people would not understand him. Despite the skepticism, in ... nobody had written a book about him, though three people had tried unsuccessfully. Mr Kumar and Dr Mathew ... the family suffered significant financial burden, with six people living in a small two-room house all supported by the ...