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Food Diversity in the First Year of Life and the Development of Allergic Disease in High-Risk Children
(2015-04)
Mounting evidence suggests that delaying the introduction of solid food may promote allergic disease, leading to recent changes in infant feeding guidelines. We investigated the association of food diversity during the ...
Do non-nutritive sweeteners affect the metabolic health of infants and children? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials and prospective cohort studies
(2015-04)
Background: Non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) have recently gained enormous popularity due to their perceived health benefits in weight loss and management; however, their long-term impact on human health is unknown, particularly ...
Access Barriers to Primary Health Care: Indigenous People and the Role of the Physician Assistant in Northern Manitoba
(2015-04)
This capstone project compares Manitoba and Alaska health care reform policy in the context of
northern Indigenous Health. Additionally, this paper compares northern Manitoba and Alaska
Physician Assistant utilization ...
DOES INTRAVENOUS MAGNESIUM REDUCE HOSPITAL ADMISSION RATES IN ADULTS WITH SEVERE ACUTE ASTHMA?
(2015-04)
Introduction: Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterized by bronchial hyper-responsiveness, airflow
obstruction, and inflammation that presents with symptoms of cough, dyspnea, chest tightness, wheezing, ...
Physician Assistants Making a Difference: A Retrospective Study on Discharge Times in Community Orthopedics
(2015-04)
Intro: Physician Assistants (PAs) have been key components to health care teams around the world for quite some time now. In Canada PAs have been utilized very effectively in the Canadian Forces (CF) and are now transitioning ...
Clinical Efficacy and Timing of Influenza Immunization in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy
(2015-04)
Background: Cancer patients who are immunocompromised due to the nature of their malignancy or treatment with chemotherapy, are at increased of developing complications related to influenza infections. While the influenza ...
The Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Fall Reduction in the Elderly: A Critical Appraisal
(2015-04)
BACKGROUND: Falls in the elderly is a significant public health problem due to their high prevalence of 30% in those over 65, many of which result in fractures and soft tissue injuries, longstanding pain, functional ...
Using diffusion MRI technique as a tool in the early detection of Alzheimer's Disease
(2012-11-23)
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that currently affects an estimated 500 000 Canadians, a prevalence that is expected to double within the next 25 years. It is projected that AD will impact the lives ...
VDAC and BNIP3: a crucial interaction's role in delayed neuronal cell death in stroke
(2012-11-23)
Stroke is currently the third-leading cause of death, and the primary cause of disability in Canada. In a stroke, the majority of neuron death is due to apoptosis triggered by stress from the ischemic insult. In theory, ...
A randomized clinical trial comparing breast and abdominal related morbidity of DIEP and SIEA flaps
(2012-11-23)
Background: The deep inferior epigastric perforator flap (DIEP) is the current standard of care in autologous breast reconstruction. The newer superficial inferior epigastric artery flap (SIEA) is felt to be an improvement ...