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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2021
... West via repatriated Russian prisoners after World War I.[ 1 ] Kombucha is gaining popularity Sales approached US$1 billion in the United States in 2018, and the market is ... To date, clinical trials have not confirmed these claims.[ 1 , 3 ] Kombucha has a secret While kombucha is marketed as a ...
Joint Collaborative Committees / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC May 2021
... quality improvement and framed by the IHI’s Triple Aim.[ 1 ] JCC funding and support enables divisions of family ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC May 2021
... died of drug overdose compared to 984 people in 2019.[ 1 ] There has been a significant increase in the proportion ... there is clinical suspicion of opioid overdose: 0.04 to 0.1 mg initially, followed by subsequent doses (q2–3 min): ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Janice Mason, MD, BSc, Dipl Sport Med (CASEM), May 2021
... to recovery, and it leads to better health outcomes.[ 1 ] Yet not all injured workers reap the health benefits of ... at work, feel free to contact a medical advisor by calling 1 855 476-3049. —Janice Mason, MD, Dip. Sport Med. (CASEM) ...
Premise / BY: Christopher O.Y. Li, BSc May 2021
... that the life expectancy of Black men also fell by up to 1.4 years following the release of the study’s details, in ... mistrust in the health care system that remains today.[ 1 ] One contemporary study[ 2 ] showed that Black patients ...
MDs To Be / BY: Raiya Suleman, BHSc May 2021
... this percentage will grow to between 21.4% and 29.5%.[ 1 ] Additionally, it is expected that there will be over 5.5 ... million Canadians over the age of 80 in 2068, compared to 1.6 million in 2018.[ 1 ] This situation requires considerable thought and action ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lise Leveille, MD, MHSc June 2021
... common sporting injury in physically active adolescents.[ 1 ] The incidence of this injury has been increasing over the ... and had a mean age of 14.7 years (range 9–17) [ Table 1 ]. Fifty-five patients were female (66.3%). Fifty-three ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC June 2021
... increased risk of postoperative complications and death.[ 1 , 2 ] As the pandemic begins to ebb in many countries, ... to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, between 1 February and 30 April 2019, approximately 475 000 ... rate among patients without pulmonary complications is 1%. The difference between the two models represents the ...
Obituaries / BY: Harvey Lui, MD, FRCPC June 2021
Robert died peacefully after a long and rich life, 1 day short of his 86th birthday in January 2021. He was born ...
Letters / BY: Rita K. McCracken, MD, PhD, CCFP (COE), FCFP June 2021
... of BC) and our main payer (BC Ministry of Health) to (1) engage experts to do a review of processes and structures ...