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Beyond Medicine / BY: A.M. Ocana, MD, CCFP, ABAM January/February 2019
... 1 ] The rate of violent crime has decreased by 10%,[ 2 ] and tax revenues have increased, giving some states over ... moderately experienced, use mostly on weekends (1 to 2 times per week), more likely to experience short-term ... muscles, relieves pain, and assuages anxiety ( Figure 2 and Figure 3 ). This narrative from a 19-year-old daily ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maxwell Moor-Smith, BSc January/February 2019
... top of the stalk, and a volva at the base[ 8 ] ( Figure 2 ). Death caps can easily be misidentified as an edible ... effect, and the most toxic for humans is α-amanitin.[ 1 , 2 , 8 ] Like all the major amanitins (α, β, γ), ... massive centrilobular necrosis and vascular degeneration.[ 2 , 9 ] Amatoxins are primarily eliminated by renal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark A. Lau, PhD, R.Psych January/February 2019
... significant interruptions to employment in the past.[ 2 ] The negative impact of depression on job performance has ... physical health (1 = very poor, 5 = very good) in the past 2 weeks. Service flow. Once a referred patient is accepted ... as defined by a score of 19 or lower on the PHQ-9,[ 2 ] and they were able to use the self-help materials and ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Judy Dercksen, MD January/February 2019
... of opioid prescriptions for pain relief has increased.[ 2 ]  In a policy statement released in July 2017, Doctors of ... services, which currently can have wait times of up to 2 years. Family doctors can help patients while they wait, ... is supported by recruited volunteers who are given a 2-day training course and paired with patients. The ...
Obituaries / BY: Elizabeth J. Watt, MD March 2019
... Sick Children, and Toronto Western Hospital for the next 2 years where he met June, a nurse and former World War II ... the College of Family Physicians Canada. A champion of the 2-year family practice residency, he spent 25 years as a ... held at Trinity United Memorial Church in Abbotsford on 2 February. —Elizabeth J. Watt, MD Abbotsford Obituaries Dr ...
News March 2019
... GPSC fees: G14044: GP Mental Health Management Fee age 2–49 G14045: GP Mental Health Management Fee age 50–59 ...
News March 2019
... pregnancy, 70% chose alcohol, 16% chose tobacco, and 2% chose cannabis (see Figure ). While research on the health ...
News March 2019
... are 14.1 million new cancer cases diagnosed each year, 8.2 million cancer deaths, and 32.6 million people living with ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP March 2019
... Dr Paul Ehr-lich to found the field of immunology.[ 2 ] And thanks to Wilson Greatbatch’s use of the wrong ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB March 2019
... recovery sleep. It was not to be. My home phone rang at 2:15 a.m. from a different nurse regarding the same patient. ... oblivious to the on-call system at our hospital. So, at 2:15 in the morning, instead of getting a good amount of ...