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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark W. Tyndall, MD, ScD, FRCPC March 2017
... by law enforcement. Most of the deaths have occurred among people with long-standing opiate use, and the explanation for ... the risk. There are myriad reasons and events that launch people into habitual drug use—trauma, personal tragedy, ... indifference to the pain, suffering, and even death of people who buy drugs from the illicit market. If we ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ronald A. Remick, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... has created a team sport–based exercise intervention for people with or recovering from cancer. The program will ...
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 ...