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Clinical Articles, Clinical Case Reports / BY: Eugene Y.H. Yeung, MD, MSc, BSc(Pharm), FCCM, FRCPC November 2023
Between 2009 and 2020, 20 546 people in Canada were reported to have tuberculosis.[ 1 ] ...
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 / BY: Patrick Ho Pun Wong, MD, FRCPC June 2022
... B has a worldwide prevalence of more than 250 million people.[ 2 ] Areas with high endemicity include Asia, Africa, ... and parts of South America. In Canada, up to 480 000 people may be infected.[ 3 , 4 ] The population groups with ... include immigrants from endemic countries, Indigenous people, and people who inject drugs.[ 4 ] In BC, local ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD December 2022
... does now. It is in times of uncertainty and scarcity that people look to us for guidance and reassurance, and I do ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nicole J. Todd, MD, FRCSC March 2022
... should be integrated into gender-affirming health care. People with reproductive potential should be screened for and ... gender nonbinary, gender-diverse, and Two Spirit people (TGD), including the need for contraception, emergency ... to those who were assigned female at birth. Background TGD people experience barriers in accessing contraceptive care ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD September 2022
... sacred assets we have—our health—yet most Indigenous people and those from many other cultures likely find the ... in an environment free of racism and discrimination, where people feel safe when receiving services. Cultural humility ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM June 2022
... population ranged from 49.7 to 121.3 in 2019,[ 18 ] most people with such a rash will have Lyme disease. However, in ... is warranted. Basic laboratory testing, as recommended for people with chronic fatigue, includes a complete blood count ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Emily Wiesenthal, BA March 2022
... gender identity. Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people express interest in parenthood at similar rates as ... as transgender or gender-diverse, and 40% to 54% of TGD people desire to be parents.[ 1 , 2 ] Overall, a small but ... it is essential that health care providers counsel TGD people about the options for fertility preservation before ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jennifer Balfour, MD, FRCPC September 2022
... not have optimal vaccine health. Additionally, Indigenous people, including First Nations, Inuit, and Métis, are at an ... medical care and restore the trust of Indigenous people in the medical system using culturally safe resources ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marshall Dahl, MD, PhD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... to understand an individual’s needs. For example, some people who identify as nonbinary in the transmasculine ... Endocrine treatment of transgender and gender-diverse people ...