Premise /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
July/August 2020
... of breast cancer in non-Hispanic Black women at 126.5 (per 100 000) versus 130 (rate ratio 0.97). Despite this, ... 100 000) versus 20.6 in White women (rate ratio 1.41).[ 5 ] One thing we can derive from these statistics is that ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jan Klimas, MSc, PhD
September 2020
... safer opioid prescribing. A subsequent clinical article[ 5 ] provides some examples of how physicians in BC can help ... not on psychiatric medications (positive LR range 2.2 to 5.8), his risk of developing OUD may be somewhat limited ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
September 2020
... to Canadian First Nations communities, they ranked 63rd.[ 5 ] These statistics, while tragic, are not new. I think that ...
MDs To Be, COVID-19 /
BY: Leilynaz Malekafzali, BSc
September 2020
... 2019.[ 1 ] The virus spread quickly and resulted in 5 404 512 confirmed cases and 343 514 deaths globally by ... with clinically confirmed COVID-19 (31.6%; 95% CI, 17.5-48.7) had symptoms consistent with conjunctivitis, ... chemosis, hyperemia, epiphora, and increased secretion.[ 5 ] The 12 patients also had more severe systemic disease ...
Council on Health Promotion, COVID-19 /
BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc
September 2020
... guidelines for returning local sport organizations.[ 5 ] Each sport will have developed its own safety plan that ...
Premise, COVID-19 /
BY: Brandon Tang, MD, MSc
September 2020
... unresolved despite overwhelming support from patients,[ 5 ] physicians,[ 6 ] and medical organizations.[ 7 ] However, ...
MDs To Be, COVID-19 /
BY: Justin Fong, BSc
September 2020
... teaching methods in terms of test score outcomes.[ 5 ] The authors note that more favorable outcomes for online ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Ernest Salcedo
September 2020
... or a group practice, you need to fill out this form every 5 years. If you work at a diagnostic facility or hospital, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Li Rita Zhang, MPH
September 2020
... underserved communities in the United States.[ 4 , 5 ] There is also growing evidence that breast cancer ...
Back Page, COVID-19 /
BY: Kristina Jenei, BSN
September 2020
... of Ebola virus in some affected communities.”[ 5 ] They concluded that cultural considerations were just as ... was our understanding of the dynamics of transmission. On 5 April 2020, hundreds of members of the Orthodox Jewish ...