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Clinical Articles /
BY: Philippa Hawley, FRCPC
November 2021
... but the principles of cancer pain management apply to people living with many other serious chronic illnesses.[ 2 ] ... to loss of autonomy and the ability do the things that people used to enjoy, and because of fear of a painful ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
November 2021
... through the bowel, but this makes them well tolerated in people on dialysis or with significant renal failure.[ 8 , 9 ... suited to Patient A’s pharmacogenomics. Up to 25% of people have polymorphisms in the genes that control opioid ... rate of ultrarapid metabolism at 21%, and Europeans and people of Jewish lineage have the highest rate of poor ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ray Markham, MB ChB, MRCGP, FCFP
December 2021
... intersectional approach was also imperative. Historically, people who identify as men have dominated the health ... service sector workers.[ 11 ] Additionally, First Nations people experience disproportionally negative health outcomes ... action items. Partnership groups consisted of people from different organizations or groups coming together ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: Tonia Tauh, MD, FRCPC
March 2021
... A rapid vaccine rollout has many roadblocks, from some people’s initial hesitancy to receive a novel vaccine to ... supply, our society must balance vaccinating as many people as possible in short order with the strict timing ... there was no difference in vaccine efficacy between the people who got their second dose at day 19 and the people who ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc
May 2021
... and youth. Among 10- to 17-year-old Canadians, 2140 young people were hospitalized due to self-poisoning during the ... provide free mental health services for children and young people up to 18 years old in BC, although a 2019 BC Coroners ... administered to a large representative sample of young people age 14 to 21 in Victoria, BC, in 2003 and 2005, 17% of ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC
June 2021
... surgery.[ 8 ] While prescreening can identify some people who are at increased risk of harboring COVID-19 ... prevalence rates, without preoperative testing, infected people will undergo elective surgery and have an increased ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jan Klimas, MSc, PhD
September 2020
... opioid medications in the province. More than 80% of people who use heroin say they started with prescription ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: Kristopher T. Kang, MD
September 2020
... each other through the pandemic. There are many ways that people can help, such as: Staying connected to family and ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: Sonny Thiara, MD
October 2020
... 2 ] As of 6 September 2020, more than 27 million people worldwide have been infected and more than 900 000 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Matthew D. Burkey, MD, PhD, MPH
January/February 2020
... brought together experts, clinicians, policymakers, and people with lived experience of ACEs to share promising ...