Clinical Articles /
BY: John Fan
March 2019
... range 0.34–4.82 mU/L), free thyroxine (FT4) of 33.2 pmol/L (10.0–20.0 pmol/L), and free triiodothyronine ... results are often described in the medical literature,[ 2 , 3 , 9-13 ] as biotin causes falsely high FT4 and FT3 ... a single dose of 0.6 mg has been reported as less than 2 hours. In contrast, the half-life following a single biotin ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Monica Dahiya, BSc
March 2019
... of acute infections will develop into chronic disease.[ 2 ] Chronic hepatitis C infections can cause significant ... hepatitis C infection include renal insufficiency, type 2 diabetes, and insulin resistance, while more specific ... a threat to public health in Canada and other countries.[ 2 ] Screening A high proportion of Canadians with chronic ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Sofia R. Bartlett, PhD
March 2019
... Organization to issue global hepatitis elimination goals.[ 2 ] To monitor progress toward achieving these goals, systems ... Cohort (BC-HTC), which contains health information on over 2 million BC residents. BC-HTC has helped identify gaps along ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: Helena Swinkels, MD, MHSc, FCFP, FRCPC
March 2019
... under drinking water advisories (as of 31 October 2018).[ 2 ] The number of advisories can fluctuate mainly due to ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Afsaneh Moradi
March 2019
... of Family Practice created Neighbourhood Networks[ 2 ]—geographically clustered groups of GPs—with the ... Networks, which are available on their website.[ 2 ] Chilliwack Gender Care Network The Chilliwack Division of ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Steven Larigakis, MD
March 2019
... hospital, and death, and has been reviewed in the CMAJ .[ 2 ] Despite what one might intuit, frailty is not an ... children and adults, and obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and musculoskeletal ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: David J. Rhine, MD, FRCPC
March 2019
... arose from the Berlin Conference of October 2016;[ 1 , 2 ] and the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation’s Guidelines for ... of activity at which symptoms appear and peak no more than 2 out of 10 above their baseline symptoms. The doctor can ...
Letters /
BY: Ian L. Mitchell, MD, FRCP
April 2019
... is total nonsense and an exercise in futility.”[ 2 ] In Dr Ocana’s article, results are presented from a ...
President's Comment /
BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP
April 2019
... through funding to treat patients after a car accident.[ 2 ] Some pharmacists want to give a diagnosis and then sell ...