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MDs To Be, COVID-19 / BY: Brooke Cheng May 2022
... thought it would be death caused by China!” and “You people are always causing problems!”[ 1 ] This story ... fight against Asian hate is also joining the fight for all people of color. The Asian population should not be thought ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maggie Wong, PharmD, ACPR June 2022
... effort, antimicrobial resistance is predicted to kill more people than cancer by the year 2050.[ 1 ] The human cost is ...
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 ...
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: Haile Zapata-Dixon June 2022
... immigration to Canada reached a record high of 436 689 people, which represented 80% of Canada’s total population ... pediatric patient was hospitalized with melioidosis. Young people aged 16 to 18 years were more commonly diagnosed with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Omair Arshad, MD July/August 2022
... use is increasing at an alarming rate among young people. Hammond and colleagues found that in their ... that e-cigarettes may be a risk factor leading people toward combustible cigarette use. A meta-analysis ... meaning that there are common factors that drive people to use both combustible and e-cigarettes, but the two ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elizabeth Purssell, MD, MSc September 2022
... in a health authority with a catchment area of 1.9 million people or more. Royal Columbian Hospital sees approximately ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC September 2022
... has become a popular umbrella term for whatever distresses people in their work.[ 26 ] Recently published studies ...
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 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP October 2022
... 1 ] The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People defines sarcopenia as a muscle disease (failure) ... in the province continues to grow, optimal care for people with sarcopenia is essential to address the high ...