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Obituaries /
BY: Adrienne Melck, MD
January/February 2023
... House ( www.covenanthousebc.org ), which supports young people facing homelessness, a cause near and dear to Ruth’s ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Elisabeth Baerg Hall, MD, CCFP, FRCPC
November 2023
... referral is recommended. The prevalence of ADHD in people with bipolar disorder can be more than 20%.[ 21 ] ... uncomplicated ADHD in their adult patients.[ 29 ] Summary People with ADHD have unique strengths, such as increased ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 /
BY: Amritpal Maniani, BSc
April 2023
... fentanyl, we wanted carfentanil.” (Participant 6) “People are shocked when I say this. I’ve lost count of the ... risks of overdose. This qualitative study suggests that people who use illicit opioid drugs rely on their support ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC
April 2023
... increase.[ 3 , 4 ] Between January and December 2021, 7560 people died from opioid-related toxicity in Canada.[ 5 ] Gaps ... care affect youth Mental health concerns affect young people disproportionally. In BC, one in four young people live with a mental health or substance use disorder ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Aaron Ooi, MBChB, DipPaed, PGDipClinEd, FRACP
October 2023
... advance, including environmental factors (e.g., specific people, activities, setting, time of day, specific ... following specific instructions/demands, with specific people, time of day)? Internal factors that might be related ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Stephen Lam, MD, FRCPC
April 2023
BC Cancer Lung Screening Program: Insights on a risk model–based approach for primary care providers
... worldwide.[ 1 ] In British Columbia, an average of seven people die of lung cancer every day; in Canada, more people die from lung cancer than from breast, colon, and ... annual low-dose computed tomography screening in people 55 to 74 years of age who currently smoked or had quit ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: James R. Gray, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2023
... thus reflecting the presentation of this cancer in younger people.[ 5 ] Some estimates suggest that within the next ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Brendan Tao, BHSc
March 2023
... lifetime.[ 1 ] However, psychosis is far more common among people who use drugs, including 10% of cannabinoid users, ... services in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people who use drugs returned to or escalated their substance ... increasing rates of substance use, especially stimulants, people who use drugs are increasingly at risk for ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Anton R. Miller, MBChB, FRCPC
June 2023
... a centralized web-based resource primarily for the use of people engaged in navigational support work. Navigators want ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Nicola Y. Edwards, MHA
January/February 2023
... the opioid crisis and provide effective intervention. Many people who die of opioid overdose have recently interacted ... an opportunity for intervention. In one analysis, 77% of people had contact with the health care system in the year ... ( P = .0006). Discussion Our results indicate that people who present with an opioid overdose have frequently ...