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News / BY: Catherine Clelland, MD October 2022
... topics. An annual primary care CME day (next CME event 1 April 2023). Twice-yearly production of the Journal of ...
News / BY: Laura McLean October 2022
... your GIB during the annual open enrolment period (1–30 November) will help ensure that your disability ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC October 2022
... of contraceptives, was banned under the Criminal Code.[ 1 ] It was not until 1969[ 2 ] that the government ... That same year, abortion activist Dr Henry Morgentaler[ 1 ] opened an outpatient abortion clinic in Montreal. He ... right to “life, liberty and security of person.”[ 1 ] As UBC’s Dr Dorothy Shaw wrote on the 30-year ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD October 2022
... certain populations. A 2013 Canadian study found that 18.1% of women living in Canada had to travel more than 100 km to access abortion services.[ 1 ] The uneven distribution of clinics across provinces also ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Troy Grennan, MD, DTM&H, MSc, FRCPC October 2022
... genital region, including the perianal and anal regions.[1] The diagnosis of monkeypox can be challenging, given the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP October 2022
... loss and its effects on the freedom of the elderly.[ 1 ] The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People ... for elective surgeries. Observing National Seniors Day on 1 October 2022, it is important to raise awareness, among all ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Jocelyn Y. Wong October 2022
... from the COVID-19 vaccine could attack the placenta.[ 1 ] Subsequently, a myth propagated that antibodies that ... with placental proteins called syncytins. Syncytin-1 protein acts in cell-to-cell adhesion, playing an essential ... spike protein and compared it with placental syncytin-1, finding no significant similarities in their amino acid ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Emily Ertel, MD November 2022
... consequence of supersaturation of cholesterol in bile.[ 1 ] Risk factors include female sex, age over 40 years, ... are asymptomatic. The risk of developing symptoms is 1.0% to 2.3% per year.[ 1 ] The most frequent symptom is biliary colic, classically ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: O. Maheshwari, MD November 2022
... were the leading cause of disability in Canada,[ 1 ] with one in five Canadians experiencing a mental health ... developing a sustainable administrative structure [ Figure 1 ]. Continual evaluation of the in-person program showed ... anonymized evaluations. Virtual groups were offered within 1 week of in-person groups being canceled, and within 2 ...
Obituaries / BY: Richard N. Merchant, MD, FRCPC November 2022
... a student, and a significant early patient safety review[ 1 ]). He was a popular visiting professor nationally and ...