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Beyond Medicine / BY: Lorne David Porayko, MD, FRCPC, CIM July/August 2020
... enables you to rise superior to the trials of life.”[ 1 ] In markets, having a long-term focus is an enormous ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Abe Zacharias, MD, FRCPC July/August 2020
... behind a wife and five children, ranging in age from 1 to 12. I was the oldest. During those 6 years in hospital, ...
Premise / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC July/August 2020
... on racist policies has been a form of racism all along.[ 1 ] Women have historically been vastly underrepresented in ... (per 100 000) versus 20.6 in White women (rate ratio 1.41).[ 5 ] One thing we can derive from these statistics is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jan Klimas, MSc, PhD September 2020
... Bohdan Nosyk, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, 1 August 2018) as a result of unsafe opioid prescribing and ... Canadian data on prescription opioid use are dated,[ 1 , 2 ] but recent US data suggest that more than one-third ... pertinent, for a positive likelihood ratio (LR) range of 6.1 to 17.0, which indicates that if opioids were prescribed he ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Kristopher T. Kang, MD September 2020
... and public health emergencies such as pandemics.[ 1 , 2 ] Despite this, their needs are often overlooked.[ 3 ] ... under 19 years of age is being abused or neglected, call 1 800 663-9122 any time of the day or night to reach a child ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC September 2020
... suicide are just a few of the most striking disparities.[ 1 , 2 ] The United Nations Human Development Index includes ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD September 2020
... model described by the Forum for Youth Investment.[ 1 ] The model includes competence, confidence, connection, ...
MDs To Be, COVID-19 / BY: Leilynaz Malekafzali, BSc September 2020
... started in the city of Wuhan, China, in December 2019.[ 1 ] The virus spread quickly and resulted in 5 404 512 ... experience with the SARS 2003 epidemic caused by SARS-CoV-1, the primary mode of human-to-human transmission of COVID-19 is known to be through droplets and fomites.[ 1 ] According to the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Council on Health Promotion, COVID-19 / BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc September 2020
... guidelines for children and youth (> 60 min per day).[ 1 ] Now she was struggling to keep active. With almost all ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Brandon Tang, MD, MSc September 2020
... risk of infection in health care workers,[ 1 ] it is clear that our physician workforce will face ...