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News January/February 2020
... ). Routine screening for thyroid dysfunction in people without symptoms or risk factors is commonly ordered, ... to heat or cold, hair loss, and irregular heart rhythms. People on medications such as lithium or amiodarone or with ... find evidence of benefits from screening and treatment in people without symptoms, but highlighted that screening ...
Letters / BY: Marisa Ponzo, MD-PhD, FRCPC April 2020
... (SCARs) in specific at-risk populations, primarily people of East Asian descent. SCARs include Stevens-Johnson ...
Letters, COVID-19 / BY: Nilanga Aki Bandara, BSc June 2020
... we need to bring sensible policies to protect our young people from devastating effects of COVID-19. The American ... clinical guidance to highlight the well-known risk. People who smoke or use e-cigarettes have a significantly ... respiratory infections like the coronavirus, and people with decreased lung function caused by smoking or ...
Letters / BY: Jonathan M. Winner, MD March 2020
... in walk-in clinics, where they could see large numbers of people with relatively minor complaints and would not have to ... boom, and in a few years, there will be thousands more people living here. Who is going to look after all of us? ...
News, COVID-19 May 2020
... who do not have severe or critical disease. This is about people in the community struggling to determine if they might ...
News January/February 2020
... Its development was funded by Health Canada to help people living in Canada prepare for their future health care ... and estate planning, to create a kind of safety net for people throughout their lives. The 2019 National Framework ...
News April 2020
... lie about their exercise habits; the only thing that more people admitted to lying about was smoking (46%). Patients 35 ... female, 20% male). On the bright side, in general most people (77% of those surveyed) are honest with their doctor, ...
Letters / BY: Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP June 2020
... largely because family physicians are neither business people nor endowed with the upfront financial resources to ... arises whether they will have a net benefit to the people of the province. After all, it is the people of BC who pay for them through taxation and fees paid ...
News September 2020
... group therapy, and neuropsychology clinics. To support people living with substance use challenges, the centre will ...
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 ...