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Shared Care Committee / BY: Jiwei Li, MD March 2022
Good news: people are healthier and living longer. However, if a ... As our elderly population increases, so does the number of people living with frailty. It is projected that well over 2 ...
Shared Care Committee, COVID-19 / BY: Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM June 2021
... hospitals and medical facilities from being swamped by people who could readily be helped elsewhere in the ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC November 2021
... the leading cause of disability in Canada, with one in two people affected by 40 years of age.[ 1 ] Now, COVID-19 has ... outside the public health care system. Consequently, most people end up managing their mental health in primary care,[ ... were comparable to the in-person experience, with more people preferring the virtual groups. The virtual format also ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Val Tregillus May 2017
... in Vancouver at the Sheraton Wall Centre. Close to 600 people came from all over BC to share their experiences, ... meeting of the group, which now numbers more than 2600 people, including seven health authorities, three ministries ... the mental health and substance use needs of their young people and their families. Impact of childhood trauma The ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... type of active/passive practice style with sick people. This healer’s style remained dominant for thousands ... by religious beliefs and the reacceptance of magic, sick people were regarded as helpless without doctors’ magical ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... , an American not-for-profit organization that honors “people responsible for the great technical advances that make ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... lasted from 1665–1666. It killed an estimated 100 000 people, almost a quarter of London’s population. Many years ...
Blog / BY: Sandra Smiley, MSc, MPH
... overturned Roe v. Wade . The ruling left millions of people in an impossible situation, forced to choose between ... ending it through potentially dangerous means , pregnant people in the United States may seek abortions in Canada . ... abortion. This dynamic will worsen in the post-Roe era. People with freedom and wealth will be able to cross state or ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... US. In the last few years Extremity Games were formed for people with limb loss. The Invictus and Warrior Games were ... there is now a move to add sports to the daily agenda of people of advanced age. Modifications to various sports for ...
Blog / BY: Javis Lui, BA
... FIT kit. FIT is a routine screening test recommended for people between the ages of 50 and 74 with no symptoms of ... the cause of these symptoms. FIT is not appropriate for people with these symptoms. Labs temporarily suspended the ... in efforts to minimize COVID-19 transmission in healthy people. —Javis Lui Leader, Screening Promotions, BC Cancer ...