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Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Nickie Mathew, MD, MSc, ABPN, FRCPC, ABPM January/February 2021
... the third straight month with over 170 overdose deaths.[ 1 ] Since the opioid overdose crisis was declared a public ... paid back for the drugs he fronted. For opioids, he sold 0.1 g (1 point) for $20, 0.4 g (a quarter) for $50, 1 g for $90, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel Esau, BAppSc, MHSc, MD January/February 2021
... her prescription was switched to acyclovir. On follow-up 1 week later, she had developed a 5-day history of horizontal ... of the globe and the superior orbital fissure [ Figure 1 ]. The patient’s cranial nerve palsies improved with ... skin or mucous membrane supplied by the affected nerve.[ 1 , 2 ] Occasionally, VZV can reactivate in multiple ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Tonia Tauh, MD, FRCPC March 2021
... an early antibody response to attenuate infection.[ 1 ] While the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are new, mRNA vaccines ... 7 to 14 days and 89% between days 15 to 21 after dose 1. Protection continues to climb to 92.6% for the ... vaccine showed 50.8% efficacy of the first dose on days 1 to 14 and 92.1% efficacy at 14 or more days after the first ...
Obituaries / BY: Richard James, MD January/February 2021
... He never regained consciousness after a tragic accident 1 week prior. He had retired a matter of months beforehand, ...
Letters / BY: Susan M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, MAS January/February 2021
... which affects 12% to 15% of couples in Canada.[ 1 ] Physicians are disproportionately affected, as ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB January/February 2021
15 December 2020 Since my previous editorial,[ 1 ] penned near the start of the pandemic, much has changed ...
News January/February 2021
... member of the Board. Dr Lawrence Welsh was elected to a 1-year term on the Board. The Board in 2021 will be made up ...
News, COVID-19 January/February 2021
... will be based on the physician’s FFS billings since 1 April 2020 compared to the same period in the previous ...
News January/February 2021
... in Primary and Emergency Care Prostate Cancer Part 1: Diagnosis and Referral in Primary Care Prostate Cancer ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC January/February 2021
... and reducing in-classroom learning and child care.[ 1 ] These measures were effective in helping slow ...