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Clinical Articles / BY: Basia M. Hamata, MD, January/February 2015
... dyslipidemias in BC is estimated to be about 1 in 40 people. An even greater number are affected if people with elevated Lp(a) are counted in this estimate. ...
News / BY: Goldis Mitra, MD, CCFP January/February 2015
... and friends, we are also intimately connected to the people and communities around us. We are often the first ...
News March 2015
... for patients on the organ transplant wait list. Over 450 people in BC are currently waiting for a lifesaving ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martha J. Ignaszewski, May 2015
... rates climbing.[ 2 ] Compared with the general population, people with schizophrenia have a risk of premature death that ... rates are decreasing globally, they are increasing in people with schizophrenia,[ 5 ] likely due to ... (DM) and CAD,[ 8 ] and is significantly more common in people with schizophrenia. Compared with 25% of people in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ryan R. Woods, PhD June 2015
... a version of their population projections, known as PEOPLE, once a year. This report utilized PEOPLE 2012, which includes population projections by ... driven largely by population growth and aging, more people will have a family member affected by cancer; and ...
News June 2015
... the importance of the procedures. With a growing number of people accessing health information online,[ 2 ] the BC ... the best way to communicate complex health information to people with low health literacy, and that this approach does ...
News June 2015
... and is located at a different point in time for different people. Some may never cross the line and others may cross ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Benjamin Matthew, MHSc, MD, July/August 2015
Backgound An estimated 1.7 billion people worldwide are affected by obesity (BMI greater than 30 ... ABSTRACT   Background:  An estimated 1.7 billion people worldwide are affected by obesity-related ...
News / BY: Jessica A. Otte, MD, CCFP, July/August 2015
... do not read it. It explains the harms of turning people into patients—or worse, consumers—and the ... bias that more is better. “Doctors tend to be vocational people who want to do good things: if you found out that your ... care, and gathering the courage to joyfully care for people the way you’ve always known was right. —Jessica ...
News July/August 2015
... 9-1-1 right away. The FAST theme is an easy way to remind people of the major signs of stroke and the urgency of ...