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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. ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC January/February 2015
... for a couple of days. On what occasion do you lie? When people ask me about my height. Which words or phrases do you ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Benjamin Ross, MD, April 2015
... your heroes? I see heroes every day—essentially ordinary people having to deal with extraordinary hardships. What is ...
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 ...
MDs To Be / BY: Kristel Leung, BSc, May 2015
... so forgiving. She was always good at that, understanding people, understanding me. When I asked how she learned, she ... fought. She knew firsthand what hatred and despair did to people, and she decided that she didn’t want it for us. It ...
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 ...
MDs To Be / BY: Greg Costello, June 2015
... physicians in the area. In addition to this, I often see people who I have passed in the street on stretchers in the ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Kenneth Fung, MD, June 2015
... Which talent would you most like to have?   To read people’s minds. What do you consider your greatest ...
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 ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Brad Fritz, MD September 2015
... establish such a program, without coverage for unemployed people and pensioners, which the government withdrew during ... regardless of the true cost of providing care to the people who were covered. Although the legislation was passed, ... to attack the proposed scheme for several reasons. First, people in the excluded groups were the most in need of access ...