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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC May 2021
... to unprecedented levels in British Columbia. In 2020, 1724 people died of drug overdose compared to 984 people in 2019.[ 1 ] There has been a significant increase in ... 3 ] Increasing exposure to benzodiazepines puts many people who use drugs at risk for withdrawal symptoms (e.g., ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD March 2021
... that offers us inexpensive face-to-face access to other people allows us to feel closer to those we can’t be close ... anxiety, for most of us. It’s interesting to hear what people dream of doing when the pandemic is so-called ... can express grief, compassion, and care where words fail. People let into a circle of compassionate touch know that ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD March 2021
... there is another reason why listening is so important. People do not want to follow people who don’t listen. It’s a fundamental human need to ... minutes per day to scan through the viewpoints of credible people, then I could get on with my life. I did have a good ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD December 2021
... all they have known. My daughter thinks it is normal for people to wear masks and that we rarely have play dates ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB January/February 2021
... those of us who do to keep them safe. I suspect that the people who do not wear masks are also the people who do not avoid gatherings. Do they do so out of ... illness. The pandemic has also brought out the best in people. So many health care workers and frontline workers of ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB October 2021
... from worry). It isn’t only thanks to having some special people in my life. I believe that many of us are starting to ... nevertheless frustrated, like the rest of you, that some people are choosing to remain unvaccinated. We have all heard ... working at a vaccine clinic recently, I reassured some people, tongue in cheek, that the vaccine they were receiving ...
News, COVID-19 July/August 2021
... of COVID-19 immunization for pregnant and breastfeeding people remain largely unknown. To fill the knowledge gap, UBC ... vaccine safety across all populations. How to take part People who are currently pregnant or breastfeeding are ...
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 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC January/February 2021
... response measures are likely to disproportionately impact people with fewer resources, poorer health, and those already ... over time, particularly for younger populations.[ 4 ] People who use drugs are a subpopulation acutely affected by ... to mitigate these unintended harms and better support people who use drugs during the pandemic.[ 7 ] Not all ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD October 2021
... of BC doctors has actually grown during the pandemic. People have joined us from different provinces and different ...