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Beyond Medicine / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP March 2020
... Krever inquiry into the blood system after thousands of people received infected blood products in the 1980s.[ 1 , 2 ... makeup of Canada’s population. Potential donors (healthy people between 17 and 35 years of age) can register online by ...
MDs To Be / BY: Jillian Lin, BMLSc, MBiotech October 2020
... at the palliative care unit in a hospital. What if the people there cry? What if I can’t control my emotions? What ... to guide us. RecordMeNow is a free application that allows people to create a lasting video legacy and has approximately ... creator of the RecordMeNow app, Gaby Eirew, surveyed 100 people who were younger than 16 years of age when their ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Derin Karacabeyli, MD July/August 2020
... One physician said, “I know what to do now when I get people to come back. . . whereas before if I was worried ... same messages. . . and if we repeat it often enough and people hear it often enough it might then be the key to, to ...
MDs To Be / BY: Anita Weng, BSc December 2020
The opioid overdose crisis continues to affect people in all parts of Canada. Between January 2016 and ... published interim clinical guidance on how to protect people who use drugs from COVID-19 by offering OAT initiation ... 1200 new admissions in the last fiscal year. Conclusion People in rural and remote communities continue to experience ...
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 ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Judy Dercksen, MD January/February 2019
... from migraines to plantar fasciitis, and the number of people suffering from pain, currently one in five, is ... on pain can enhance chronic pain management for many people.[ 1 ] Past president of the American Academy of Pain ... diseases.” McGowan estimates that between 3000 and 3500 people participate in the program every year, and that half ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC October 2019
... cause of chronic illness in Canada. In 2016 one in five people were affected by a mental illness, nearly twice the ... psychologist typically falls under the private system for people with mild-to-moderate symptoms, making cost a major ... burden of stigma concerning mental health conditions. Many people with mental health conditions describe this stigma as ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Monica Dahiya, BSc March 2019
... major public health concern, with an estimated 71 million people being chronically infected with the virus ( ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2019
... Shannon the day of her inauguration. Speaking of young people, what are the challenges that medical students and ... later. That route’s a lot more difficult now, and people decide what they want to do early on, by the end of ... tone for the family practice being patient-centred, where people come, they feel welcome, they feel like their needs ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erika Ono, MSW, RSW April 2019
... and her parents. She is nonverbal and gets very upset if people talk about her in her presence. Harpreet is only ...