Clinical Articles /
BY: Raheesa Jina, BSc, MM
October 2022
... Disease[ 6 ] F. Menopause and Breast Cancer[ 7 ] G. Menopause and Osteoporosis[ 8 ] The Managing ... perimenopause as the time from which there is a minimum 7-day change in cycle length to 12 months after the final ... of vasomotor symptoms during menopausal transition is 7.4 years.[ 15 ] The 2021 guideline reflects this updated ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Raheesa Jina, BSc, MM
October 2022
... cancer death (HR 1.35; 95% CI, 0.94-1.95; P = .11).[ 7 ] In a second Women’s Health Initiative trial, women with ... greater risk for breast cancer than estrogen alone.[ 7 ] For this reason, the 2021 guideline highlights estrogen ...
Letters /
BY: Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd, FRCPC
October 2022
... terms of their sexual functioning. Levine and colleagues[ 7 ] provide a good review of the issues regarding informed ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
October 2022
... fertility care, but there are signs of an ongoing debate.[ 7 ] According to an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times ,[ ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 /
BY: Jocelyn Y. Wong
October 2022
... ovarian reserve or developing gametes and embryos.[ 7 ] Thirty-six couples received two doses of vaccines and resumed their subsequent IVF treatment cycle 7 to 85 days after the second vaccine.[ 7 ] Three pregnancies were recorded in 10 patients who ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Emily Ertel, MD
November 2022
... In others, laparoscopic common bile duct exploration[ 1 , 7 , 8 ] or laparoscopic transcystic sphincteroplasty[ 9 ] as ... found a CF approach shortened hospital length of stay by 2.7 to 3.0 days and reduced the need for ERCP to 24% to 26%.[ 5 ... of stay was shorter in the CF group (CF 5.3 days vs EF 7.4 days, P = .04). ERCP procedures were avoided in 48% ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: O. Maheshwari, MD
November 2022
... under 18 years of age were also most severely affected.[ 7 ] Fifty-six percent of those with a pre-existing mental ... [PHQ-8] and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 [GAD-7]). The PHQ-8 scores all Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
November 2022
... the game.[ 1 ] Dr Csikszentmihalyi’s TED Talk has over 7 million views, and his breakout book, Flow: The Psychology ... in almost any job, but it takes a committed effort.[ 7 ] To get into the flow state “on purpose and with ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Alessandro Cau, BSc (Hons)
November 2022
... in red blood cell formation and oxygen-carrying capacity.[ 7 , 20 ] Finally, SGLT2i have been shown to attenuate ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ellison Richmond, MD, MPH
December 2022
... until receptors are saturated with buprenorphine.[ 6 , 7 ] One such agonist is hydromorphone. Published induction ... admitted to Creekside Withdrawal Management Centre for 7 to 9 days of treatment. All patients received oral ... on day 6, and he received 16 mg of buprenorphine. On day 7, he was sent to the emergency department, with Emergency ...