In Canada, it has long been a given that physicians treat entire families. This notion is so deeply rooted in the culture of family medicine that it is part of the name of our discipline. The world in which we live has changed, however, and so have our patients and our discipline. It is high time that we asked ourselves whether a “family” practice is still a desirable practice. I will attempt t...

Abstract: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a multifactorial problem. Although hyperlipidemia (HLP), diabetes (DM), and hypertension (HTN) are known as the familial and cardiac risk factors, CABG is rare in the several members of a family. We reported the six members of a family who presented with MI and/or advanced angina pectoris during the 6 years. CABG(Coronary artery bypass graft) considere...

for the purpose of sustainable exploitation of the fishery resources of oni river, ogun state, nigeria, the fish biodiversity assessment was carried out. this was conducted by enumerating and identifying fish species composition, measuring the fish length, fish weight, assessing the fish abundance and biomass, determining the length-weight relationships and the length-frequency of the fishes. a...

BACKGROUND Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients face unique costs associated with their healthcare expenditures. As such, it is important that these patients have access to health insurance (HI) to help them pay for both routine and unforeseen health services. In this study, we explored factors related to health insurance enrollment and utilization among MMT patients, to move Vietnam ...

research has shown that quality of life of substance user’s family members adversely damages. the cause of this damage is ongoing conflicts or daily stresses related to constant drug abuse at home. examples of such stressors include: financial problems, verbal and physical aggressions of the addict member, social embarrassment of family members, relationship problems of the family, and destruct...