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Clinical Articles / BY: Armon Molavi, MD October 2020
... options and the benefits and risks of each option.[ 5 , 7-11 , 13 , 16 , 17 ] There are no clear data on which of ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Sonny Thiara, MD October 2020
... BC has approximately 13.4% of the Canadian population,[ 7 ] on 20 March 2020, the province recorded 29.0% (n = 271) of Canada’s COVID-19 cases and 66.7% (n = 8) of the country’s COVID-19 deaths.[ 8 ] However, ... 3.6% of the population, compared with 10.9% in Ontario and 7.9% in Quebec.[ 9 ] Hospital admission rates, which may ...
MDs To Be / BY: Rochelle Tonkin, MD October 2020
... osteoporosis, cataracts, glaucoma, and depression.[ 6 , 7 ] Oral corticosteroids are generally considered to be safe ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2020
... been diagnosed with infertility, at an average age of 33.7 years.[ 1 ] The diagnosis and subsequent treatment of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lisa J. Zhang November 2020
... not observed to have an effect and were deemed safe.[ 6 , 7 ] Clinical studies on lubricants do not corroborate this ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lisa J. Zhang November 2020
... breaks in sperm, but clinical results contradict this.[ 7 ] Men’s consumption of coffee has been associated with ... some studies, but no associations were found in others.[ 7 ] One systematic review reported potential negative effects ... that did not find any evidence to support this claim.[ 7 ] Alcohol Alcohol has clear deleterious effects on many ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2020
... first IVF baby, Louise Brown, had been born in 1978.[ 7 ] Today, the use of donor eggs is an increasingly common ... attains her lifetime maximum number of oocytes, 6 to 7 million, around 20 weeks gestational age in utero.[ 12 ] By ... because the placenta does not start to produce it until 7 weeks gestation or later. Egg donation pregnancies may have ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Jan Hajek, MD November 2020
... its origins traced back to pig farms in North America.[ 7 ] Swine and other animal influenza viruses When viruses ... the new virus that caused the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.[ 7 ] Experts agree it is a question of when, not if, another ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Abigail Steinberg, MD November 2020
... In the US, numbers of VALI cases peaked in December 2019,[ 7 ] and by February 2021 the CDC discontinued nationwide case ... Notably, the sales tax on vaping products was raised from 7% to 20% on 1 January 2020. Other changes include ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Naomi Dove, MD, MPH, FRCPC November 2020
... child stress, and decreased connection with friends.[ 7 ] Increased loneliness in youth is correlated with anxiety ...