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Letters / BY: Rick Potter-Cogan, MB BCh BAO April 2023
... good evidence for adding vitamins or supplements to most people’s diet [ BCMJ 2023;65:4 ]. People are misled to believe there is a benefit and fall ... scam that wastes the precious income of too many people. People would be healthier with a better ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Jennifer E. Nuk, MSc, CGC, CCGC July/August 2023
... patients with higher polyp counts at younger ages.[ 21 ] People who have 10 or more adenomas in the colon but no ... variant in BMPR1A or SMAD4 in approximately half of people who have a clinical diagnosis of juvenile polyposis ...
President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD April 2023
... identify them, then we can become unsustainable, both as people and as professionals. When we step away from our ...
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 ...
Letters / BY: Rod Densmore, MD December 2023
... need to identify, diagnose, and appropriately support people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and their ... families. We need to become FASD aware. When we diagnose people with FASD we can also learn about their family and ... (FASD), and to develop, in collaboration with Aboriginal people, FASD preventive programs that can be delivered in a ...
Letters / BY: Darren Jakubec, MD June 2023
... the existing system. I truly believe it would benefit more people, regardless of income. —Darren Jakubec, MD Smithers ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Stephen Lam, MD, FRCPC April 2023
... 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 ...
President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD December 2023
Dr Joshua Greggain “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” This ...
President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD June 2023
... I come, and I appreciate the privilege I hold having these people in my life. In my human doing, I am a family ... as physicians whose profession lies in healing and helping people, it is important that we understand the impact of colonialism and its lasting effects on Indigenous people’s health and well-being. We should, as encouraged by ...