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Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB May 2019
... is more demanding and less well paid than the real thing.[ 1 ] Many of us have tried, without achieving the level of ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP May 2019
... of nutrition by a supplement industry worth billions,[ 1 ] and mistrust in medication due to Big Pharma scandals.[ 2 ...
Premise / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC May 2019
... “Why most published research findings are false.”[ 1 ] In the article he likened medical research to a large RCT ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD May 2019
... to the overdose epidemic. Recent BC Coroners data[ 1 ] indicate there were 1489 suspected illicit drug overdose ... died were aged 30 to 59, and more than 80% were males.[ 1 ] An earlier descriptive analysis of overdose deaths in BC ... noncancer pain, WorkSafeBC issued practice directive #C10-1, “Claims with opioids, sedative/hypnotics or other ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Eleni Galanis, MD, MPH, FRCPC May 2019
... 197 Canadian rescue organizations imported 6189 dogs,[ 1 ] with actual numbers likely significantly higher. Some ...
Premise / BY: Kelly Anne Cox, MD, MPH May 2019
... (LARC) as a first-choice contraceptive for youth.[ 1-3 ] LARC includes intrauterine devices (IUDs) and ... Canada, IUDs are the only type of LARC approved for use.[ 1 ] IUDs are either hormonal or nonhormonal (copper), and ... both hormonal and nonhormonal IUDs can be safely used.[ 1 , 7 ] Cost is a significant barrier to accessing ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Elizabeth Wiley, MD, JD, MPH May 2019
... increasing frequency and severity across the province.[ 1 ] It is estimated that there has been a 1.4 °C average temperature increase across British Columbia in the last century, with an increase of 1.3 to 2.7 °C projected by 2050.[ 1 ] The health effects of ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi May 2019
... one in two will experience a mental illness by age 40.[ 1 ] Mild to moderate depression and anxiety comprise a number ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Julian Marsden, MD May 2019
... (EDs) and diagnostic and treatment centres in BC.[ 1 ] The EM Network operates under the oversight of a ... the website and their frequency of use, data from 1 September 2017 to 31 August 2018 were analyzed using Google ... membership and online engagement data indicated that after 1 year the EM Network had members throughout the province and ...
Letters / BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP June 2019
... Eddy, NP). Vancouver Community Pain Service has started a 1-year pilot program for chronic pain patients using ... addictions. In your profile in UBC Medicine (Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall 2005) you say, “It’s all about seeing the patient ... of the literature. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2018;71:1-14. Letters Re: myoActivation for the treatment of pain and ...