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An older person holds one hand in the other, as if in pain.
Clinical Articles, Clinical Case Reports / January/February 2025 BY: Denise Werry, PharmD, ACPR, Panteha Eshtiaghi, MD, Leah D. Trippell, MD, Shazia Masud, MD, FRCPC, Inna Sekirov, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Yazdan Mirzanejad, MD, DTMH, FRCP, FACP, MRCP, Patrick H.P. Wong, MD, FRCPC

Case data A 91-year-old man was assessed by the infectious diseases service at Surrey Memorial Hospital after 3 months of swelling and erythema in the third digit of his left hand. He reported... Read More

A platform is balanced on top of a ball, with a male symbol on one end and a female symbol on the other end.
Clinical Articles, Original Research / January/February 2025 BY: Angela Hu, MD, FRCPC, Barbara Blumenauer, MD, FRCPC, May Kazem, MD, FRCPC, MHA, Corisande Baldwin, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Raheem B. Kherani, MD, FRCPC, MPHE, Shahin Jamal, MD, FRCPC, Heather Day, MD, FRCPC, Jacqueline Stewart, MD, FRCPC, Grace Wright, MD, PhD, Gwenesta Melton, MD, Kam Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Diane Lacaille, MDCM, FRCPC, MHSc, Mollie Carruthers, MD, FRCPC

Background In Canada, many physicians work under a fee-for-service model, in which a physician is remunerated a predetermined amount for a rendered medical service.[1] It would, therefore, be... Read More

A woman holds a swab and test tube from a sample collection kit.
Clinical Articles, Original Research / December 2024 BY: Amy Booth, MPH, Katina Pollard, LPN, Alexanne Dick, BA, Laurie Smith, BN, MPH, Lennette Desjarlais, Travis Holyk, MA, EdD, Charlotte Wenninger, Tanya Davoren, RN (Diploma), Sara Pyke, MScN, Nicole Cross, MHA, Gina Ogilvie, MD, MSc, FCFP, DrPH, Sheona Mitchell-Foster, MD, MPH

Since 1956, Pap tests (cytology) have been the cornerstone of British Columbia’s Cervix Screening Program. In BC and Canada, organized cervical screening has contributed to a significant decline in... Read More