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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Alan Woodland October 2020
... age 65 continues to increase and is expected to reach over 1.6 million by 2041.[ 1 ] In a 2017 survey on seniors and driving, 55% of ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD November 2020
... of virtual care seems similar to in-person visits.”[ 1 ] They defined virtual care as videoconferencing and ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2020
... In an American study of 600 female physicians, 24.1% of those who had tried to conceive had been diagnosed with infertility, at an average age of 33.7 years.[ 1 ] The diagnosis and subsequent treatment of infertility is ... of women in medicine, a fact supported by a study of 1 583 028 hospitalizations in which female internists had ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lisa J. Zhang November 2020
Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after 1 year of unprotected intercourse, and it affects approximately 12% to 15% of couples.[ 1 ] Given that most couples achieve pregnancy within the ... encounter unanticipated difficulties with the process.[ 1 ] Many couples will go online to find information on how to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lisa J. Zhang November 2020
Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after 1 year of unprotected intercourse, and it affects approximately 12% to 15% of couples.[ 1 ] Given that most couples achieve pregnancy within the ... encounter unanticipated difficulties with the process.[ 1 ] Many couples will go online to find information on how to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2020
... to the child but will be considered the birth mother.[ 1 ] The first birth from a donor egg was reported in 1984, ... in primordial follicles at the diplotene stage of meiosis 1.[ 13 ] The eggs stay dormant and continue to age with the ... in the autologous group, whereas there were three cases (1.8%) in the egg donor group ( P < .05).[ 38 ] The proposed ...
Letters / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2020
... opioid sparing approaches to pain management.”[ 1 ] We share the authors’ concern with the current ...
Letters / BY: Nilanga Aki Bandara, BSc November 2020
Dr Dixon’s essay in the July 2020 issue of the BCMJ [ 1 ] is a powerful reminder of our need to consistently ... understand their unique cultural values and experiences.[ 1 ] Recent research[ 2 ] highlights the enormous benefits of ... systems-level changes tackling racism are needed as well.[ 1 ] —Nilanga Aki Bandara, BSc Vancouver —Vahid Mehrnoush, ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Jan Hajek, MD November 2020
... to be sold and used as meat or traditional medicine.[ 1 ] The risks of this happening again have been widely ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Abigail Steinberg, MD November 2020
... review has identified cases as early as April 2019.[ 1 ] To determine if vaping was associated with lung illness ... sales tax on vaping products was raised from 7% to 20% on 1 January 2020. Other changes include regulations on nicotine ...