Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Brenda Hefford, MD
November 2019
... timely care and support from local clinical counselors.[ 5 ] One family physician has commented that before the ... alleviating the feelings of burnout she was experiencing.[ 5 ] Nurse in practice initiative Fraser Northwest’s ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc
November 2019
... among patients with a reported penicillin allergy, only 5% to 8% of adults and 2% of children have a positive ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Derek Smith, MD, FRCSC
November 2019
... are needed. In the meantime, vitamin C (500 mg daily for 5 to 6 weeks) is extremely low risk and there is moderate ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Brett Baumann, MD
November 2019
... class IgG and lambda type free light chain.[ 5 ] A urine protein electrophoresis test found no ... for close clinical follow-up. The patient was reassessed 5 months after her initial bronchoscopy. Although CT images ... of amyloidosis to have a concomitant and unrelated MGUS.[ 5 ] Historically, amyloid typing has been performed using ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
December 2019
... encounter symptoms that worsen their quality of life.[ 5 , 6 ] Hot flushes, night sweats, trouble sleeping, memory ... conclusion was that taking estrogen and progesterone for 5 years was associated with one additional breast cancer in ... drinking alcohol, not breastfeeding, or being overweight.[ 5 ] Furthermore, as the North American Menopause Society ...
Premise /
BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC
December 2019
... mat in Oregon was found to be 2500 acres in size.[ 5 ] What is so fascinating about mycelium is that fungi ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Sarah Munro, PhD
December 2019
... can create mistrust with their health care professionals.[ 5 ] In this context, health care professionals may need more ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Geetha Raghukumar, MBBS, DLSHTM, MSc, CIC, CCFP, FRCPC
December 2019
... bites provide the greatest risk of rabies transmission.[ 2-5 ] In BC, bats are the only known reservoirs for the rabies ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Yue Bo Yang, BSc
December 2019
... cancer by 11.3% from the prior standard of treatment.[ 5 ] Let us not forget that the sequencing of factors VIII, ... on the market; however, it is only applicable to the 4% to 5% of the patient population who are homozygous for the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Matthew Mo Kin Kwok, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP
December 2019
... non-prescription professional use products.”[ 5 ] Case data A 20-year-old female presented to the emergency ... should receive the report. When N 2 O with a DIN[ 5 ] is used for a medicinal purpose, the appropriate ... non-prescription professional use” product.[ 5 ] This raises an important question: if N 2 O used ...