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Clinical Articles /
BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM
April 2018
... most have attended seminars preoperatively and talked with people who have had the surgery. Very infrequently, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Patricia Caddy, MD
October 2018
... included primary care physicians, trainees, and people with opioid use disorder throughout BC. Based on the ... The needs of primary care physicians, trainees, and people with opioid use disorder were considered during ... included primary care physicians, trainees, and people with opioid use disorder throughout BC. Feedback was ...
News
December 2018
... on the market that offer a cure. Approximately 50% of people diagnosed with Alzheimer disease also have depression. ... leading to the use of SSRIs as an early intervention for people who have a family history of dementia. The chemical ...
News /
BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH
June 2018
... public health threat.[ 1 ] In 2016, about 10 million people fell ill with TB, and about 1.7 million died worldwide ... killer globally and the leading killer of people living with HIV.[ 3 ] Approximately one-quarter of ... population has latent (or dormant) TB, which means that people have been infected with the TB bacteria but the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC
November 2018
... rate of type 2 diabetes is 8.8%,[ 1 ] with Indigenous people being disproportionally affected.[ 2 ] In Canada, the ... in women.[ 3 ] It is predicted that one in two Indigenous people in their 20s will develop diabetes at some point in ... communities. This is of consequence, since many Indigenous people have had adverse experiences with authorities who are ...
News
March 2018
... that strive to improve the everyday experiences for people affected by serious illness or who are nearing end of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Eleni Galanis, MD, MPH, FRCPC
April 2018
... recently, nor has she had contact with other symptomatic people. A stool C&S performed at a walk-in clinic was ... and symptoms persist, a second O&P may be necessary. People are infected by ingesting contaminated food or water. ...
Proust for Physicians
October 2018
... is your most marked characteristic? I am not very tall! People most often tell me I am always calm (even in a crisis) ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Andy Jiang, BSc
December 2018
... can lead to unnecessary stigma for already marginalized people, and for this reason the term poisoning is preferred. ...