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Letters / BY: Omid Kiamanesh, MD January/February 2019
... provinces, and the US. Among 382 patients, 297 (77.7%) recipients and 238 (62.3%) donors were male. The median ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Brian E. Ng, MD, MPH, CCFP January/February 2019
Asthma affects about 7.5% of the adult population.[ 1 , 2 ] Work-related asthma, ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: A.M. Ocana, MD, CCFP, ABAM January/February 2019
... trend is that overall use is increasing in the US.[ 7 ] In Colorado, where there are more marijuana dispensaries ... in 2015, the average THC level in legal cannabis was 18.7%, with some products containing 30%. Shatter, a crystalized ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maxwell Moor-Smith, BSc January/February 2019
... to prevent fatalities from the death cap in the future.[ 7 ] Identification and misidentification  A. phalloides ... benefits of its use are thought to outweigh any risks.[ 7 , 13 ]  Once acute liver failure occurs, liver ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark A. Lau, PhD, R.Psych January/February 2019
... visits were found to involve mental disorders.[ 7 ] Individuals with mild to moderate depression with or ... Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7) questionnaire, and the Quality of Life Enjoyment and ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Judy Dercksen, MD January/February 2019
... even if they have moderate to severe chronic pain.[ 7 ] Dr Lynn Webster has highlighted the challenges physicians ...
Obituaries / BY: Elizabeth J. Watt, MD March 2019
... in 1955. In 1956 Don moved to Bella Coola, where he spent 7 years as physician, hospital superintendent, and caregiver ...
News March 2019
... self-reported using cannabis within the past month, while 7% self-reported using cannabis within the past year. In ... use rates were highest during the first trimester (7.4%) and lowest during the third trimester (1.8%). Most ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John Fan March 2019
... a TSH level of 1.78 mU/L, FT4 of 12.6 pmol/L, and FT3 of 3.7 pmol/L, along with an undetectable TSH receptor antibody ... promise in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.[ 7 ] In the past decade, biotin supplementation in doses up to ... at Vancouver General Hospital found that 50 respondents (7.6%) were taking biotin. The majority of users were female ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Monica Dahiya, BSc March 2019
... management and better understanding of viral genotypes,[ 7 ] hepatitis C infection continues to pose a threat to ... been further classified by letter (1a, 2b, 3c, etc.).[ 7 ] Geographic differences are seen in the prevalence of some ... antiviral effects of pegylated interferon and ribavirin.[ 7 ] The Table shows a list of the currently available ...