Since the mid-1990s, physicians have been increasingly prescribing higher doses and stronger opioids for their patients, particularly those with chronic noncancer pain.[1,2] Opioid overprescription,... Read More
WorkSafeBC
Prescription, over-the-counter, herbal, homeopathic, and street drugs can have known and unknown side effects that can be drug or individual specific. For individuals who dive for recreation or for... Read More
Between 2009 and 2016, WorkSafeBC accepted almost 1880 claims for acromioclavicular (AC) joint injuries. More than 80% of injured workers were males in the construction, service trades, or transit... Read More
Distal radius fractures are the most frequent upper-extremity fracture, with an incidence of approximately 195.2 per 100 000 patients per year,[1] most commonly in men younger than 50 and... Read More
In the last few decades, occupational noise has become more widely recognized as a hazard that has resulted in many cases of otherwise preventable hearing loss. According to Statistics Canada,... Read More