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The Lancet is one of my favorite medical journals. I read it every week, like I read the Economist. The journal was started as a weekly general medical magazine in 1823 by Thomas Wakely (1795–1862) who became a surgeon by age 22, and in his colorful lifetime was also well known as a member of parliament and an active social reformer. Over the years, Wakely’s journal became known for its correspondence and editorial pages, bringing controversial subjects to the fore. 

With or without our pandemic-related social isolation, individual attitudes about intimate self- or partner-stimulation vary wildly. Some people privately accept masturbation but ridicule it publicly, or attach some degree of shame or guilt to the activity. It is in this context that I appreciated the straightforward clarity and frankness of the BC Centre for Disease Control’s message for us: “You are your safest sex partner.

Color can sway our mood, alter our emotional perception, and affect our productivity. Colors can also elicit specific responses—red can provoke sexual drive or create a feeling of intimidation; blue can stoke intellectual abilities and mental faculties and affect sleep urge patterns.[1] Colors have other perceptual properties too; for example, certain colors give a false sense of increased space, a phenomenon often exploited in architecture and design.[2,3]

BC Cancer Cervix Screening is implementing significant updates on 7 December 2020 that have an impact on primary care.

Over the millennia of human existence, epidemics and pandemics have shaped the history of all cultures. An epidemic is the spread of a contagious illness that affects a large number of people in a community, region, or defined population. A pandemic is an epidemic occurring worldwide, crossing boundaries, and affecting a large number of people. We are now in the grasp of a pandemic caused by a hitherto unknown virus.