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BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC January/February 2021
... food insecurity, increased violence, and discrimination.[ 2 , 3 ] These harms can accrue over time, particularly for ...
Council on Health Promotion, COVID-19 / BY: Johanna Trimble January/February 2021
... toenails, even though I have done that for her the past 2 decades, yet a stranger was allowed to come and do those ... is essential. But cruelty is still unacceptable.”[ 2 ]  —Johanna Trimble Patient Voices Network ...
MDs To Be / BY: Maya de Vos, BSc January/February 2021
... 5% of the carbon footprint in the acute medical setting.[ 2 ] Consequently, anesthesiologists have the opportunity and ... environmental impact to that of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ).[ 3 ] The greenhouse gas emissions or carbon footprint of ... research ethics board review (Tri-Council Policy Statement 2 Article 2.5). Environmental and sustainability offices in ...
Premise / BY: John Liu, MD January/February 2021
... out to a health care professional about their symptoms.[ 2 ] Encouraging more family physicians to develop the skills ... are in rural programs around the province.[ 6 ] Barrier 2: Ophthalmology is difficult to teach in medical school ... some sites in the province have opted for as little as 2 days.[ 6 ] Ultimately, there needs to be a change in ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Mandy Ruthnum, MD, FCFP January/February 2021
... have an idea of the auditory assault I endured for 2 hours and 15 minutes. During that time, I spoke with three ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sean Duke, MSc, MD March 2021
... prescribed medications for children globally,[ 1 , 2 ] with common indications for the ambulatory, inpatient, ... maculopapular or urticarial eruptions [ Figure 1 ].[ 2 ] A Swiss study involving 88 children with nonimmediate ... that only 7% were allergic to the antibiotics.[ 2 ] A drug-viral interaction can result in a cutaneous ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Luke Witherspoon, MD, MSc March 2021
... men (500 000) in the United States undergo a vasectomy.[ 2 ] In Canada, approximately 15% of men have the procedure, ... vasoepididymostomy (LIVE) technique [ Figure 2 ]. It involves microscopic identification of an area above ... can expect to have sperm return to ejaculate approximately 2 to 6 months following repair if it is successful,[ 28 ] and ...
Letters, COVID-19 / BY: Vielka Fernandez March 2021
... formal agreements with telecommunication companies.[ 2 ] Although the long-term impact of these agreements is ...
News / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2021
... Publishing International, 2020. ISBN: 978-0-88890-311-2. This book, written by former Ontario Medical Association ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD March 2021
... significantly curtailed my consumption of social media for 2 weeks. Not only did I gain back time for self-care, I was ...