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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2021
... States in 2018, and the market is projected to reach US$6.2 billion by 2026.[ 2 ] Is it healthy? Part of kombucha’s popularity is that is ... found alcohol levels of 7%, higher than that of beer.[ 2 ] This ability of kombucha to have increased alcohol ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC May 2021
... toxicity deaths in BC in December 2020 and January 2021.[ 2 ] Benzodiazepines and etizolam enhance the action of the ... profound CNS depression. Symptom onset occurs in 0.5 to 2 hours. Symptom duration can vary depending on the agent and ... very difficult to treat.[ 4 ] Xylazine is a partial alpha-2-adreneric agonist pharmacologically related to clonidine. ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Janice Mason, MD, BSc, Dipl Sport Med (CASEM), May 2021
... obesity, heart attack, depression, and substance abuse.[ 2 ] The Early Medical Advisor Involvement process involves ...
Premise / BY: Christopher O.Y. Li, BSc May 2021
... system that remains today.[ 1 ] One contemporary study[ 2 ] showed that Black patients are more likely to trust and ...
MDs To Be / BY: Raiya Suleman, BHSc May 2021
... which is the perceived lack of a social network.[ 2 , 3 ] Social isolation is a prevalent issue among older ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lise Leveille, MD, MHSc June 2021
... this injury has been increasing over the last 20 years,[ 2 ] likely due to increased sporting involvement among ... and consult to reconstruction (W2) was 161 days [ Table 2 ]. Fifty patients (60.2%) were treated more than 180 days after injury. There was ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC June 2021
... risk of postoperative complications and death.[ 1 , 2 ] As the pandemic begins to ebb in many countries, there is ... the prevalence of active cases was 0.20% in Canada and 2.74% in the United States. At a local active case prevalence ...
Obituaries / BY: Harvey Lui, MD, FRCPC June 2021
... were in Minneapolis, leading to an FRCPC in 1963 and MSc 2 years later. His passion for mountaineering then brought ...
Letters / BY: Rita K. McCracken, MD, PhD, CCFP (COE), FCFP June 2021
... gender pay gap, despite intentions to have it change, and (2) start to publicly report what this examination finds. ... medicine.” Letters Re: The gender pay gap in medicine (2) ...
Letters / BY: Roger Seldon, MBChB, MD June 2021
... under the Adult Guardianship Act (AGA) (1. self-neglect, 2. risks, already experienced—e.g., loss of licence to ... be fine because I wish to die from this illness, or (2) I understand the risks you’re telling me but I’ll be ...