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Clinical Articles / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC September 2019
... to 24 and 13% of people 25 and older were using cannabis.[ 2 ] This amounted to 4.6 million Canadians who reported ... the cannabis plant, which include marijuana and hashish.[ 2 ] In 2017 British Columbia had the second-highest per ... studied molecules are N-arachidonoylethanolamine (AEA) and 2-arachidonoyglycerol (2-AG), which target two main ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Emma McCutcheon, MD September 2019
... causing muscle weakness and leading to flaccid paralysis.[ 2 ] In contrast, foodborne botulism and wound botulism are ... by isolated toxin exposure, not colonization of the gut.[ 2 ]  C. botulinum infection is one of several conditions to ... managing the infection.  Case 1 data A previously healthy 2-month-old female presented to a smaller hospital in our ...
News October 2019
... on patients with higher acuity levels (triage level 1, 2, or 3). During the first year of the study period, two ...
News October 2019
... antibiotics, such as Ciprofloxacin or Cipro, face a 2.4 times greater risk of developing aortic and mitral ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2019
... economy car so the fourth one wouldn’t fit.” I spent 2 weeks in Iceland this summer. Not only was I looking ... I don’t think the answer lies in cloven hoofs. So after 2 weeks of extensive scientific study I concluded the secret ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD October 2019
... as 4400 steps a day, can help increase life expectancy.[ 2 ] Exercise in general improves our mental health and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD October 2019
... a trampoline and onto a concrete surface underneath.[ 2 ] While there is anecdotal evidence of an increase in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Troy Grennan, MD, DTM&H, MSc, FRCPC October 2019
... transmission rate, particularly in early syphilis,[ 2 , 3 ] and the long window period,[ 4 ] it is plausible that ...
MDs To Be / BY: Azzra Mangalji, MD October 2019
... and improve outcomes at all levels of the system.”[ 1 , 2 ] Thus far, the medical community has started to adopt ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC October 2019
... nearly twice the number affected by heart disease and type 2 diabetes.[ 1 ] The costs of untreated mental health ... 1 ] physical health problems, increased mortality,[ 2 ] impaired social functioning, and negative impacts on the ... children and youth, suggesting this trend will continue.[ 2 ] Unfortunately, mental health services have not kept up ...