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Clinical Articles / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC October 2019
... the number affected by heart disease and type 2 diabetes.[ 1 ] The costs of untreated mental health disorders are ... poor quality of life, disability, lost productivity,[ 1 ] physical health problems, increased mortality,[ 2 ] ... in Canada is estimated to be over $50 billion annually.[ 1 ] Surveys report a high rate of mental health conditions on ...
News November 2019
... reported that individuals with rheumatoid arthritis have a 1.5-fold increased risk for incident depression and a 1.2-fold increased risk for incident anxiety. While ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD November 2019
... images on CD, and to send everything to them within 1 month. They informed her that she would have to repeat each ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) November 2019
... represent a significant portion of accidental trauma.[ 1 ] The burden of injury is disproportionately borne by the ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD November 2019
... indicator in the overall functioning of health systems[ 1 ]—in effect, positioning physician health as an ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc November 2019
... and 2% of children have a positive penicillin skin test.[ 1-3 ] This disconnect may result from a poor understanding of ... retreated using guidance around cross reactivity. Figure 1 is a chart from the Interior Health Authority that ... interstitial nephritis, and hemolytic anemia [ Figure 1 ] represent an ongoing contraindication to beta-lactam use. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brett Baumann, MD November 2019
... insoluble amyloid fibrilprotein in any tissue or organ.[ 1 ] The most common subtypes of the disease are AL amyloidosis and AA reactive amyloidosis.[ 1 ] AL amyloidosis is a systemic disease caused by ... to a community respirologist. An X-ray image [ Figure 1 ] and CT images [ Figure 2 ] showed a cystic consolidation ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC December 2019
... hormone therapy and breast cancer risk in the Lancet .[ 1 ] The analysis included 58 studies, published between 1992 ... the number of women starting hormone therapy dropped from 1 in 12 to 1 in 20.[ 7-9 ] Furthermore, of the women already taking ...
Obituaries / BY: Lang Family December 2019
... life. In 1971, Don arranged for a unique and memorable 1-year practice exchange with a physician in Bowral, ...
News December 2019
... Drug and Poison Information Centre 24-hour phone line at 1 800 567-8911 and seek medical attention immediately. Only ...