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Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Cheryl Young, MD, CCFP January/February 2022
... infections and infestations, as well as rosacea.[ 1 ] In Canada, besides for treatment of such conditions in ... of ivermectin exposure calls received by BC DPIC from 1 January 2018 to 11 October 2021. We included calls ... selamectin, and ivermectin were received at BC DPIC from 1 January 2018 to 12 October 2021. Of these, 15 calls were ...
Editorials / BY: Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC January/February 2022
... Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 [ 1 ] and WPATH’s Standards of Care for the Health of ... Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 .[ 1 ] The International Classification of Diseases-11 [ 4 ] ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marshall Dahl, MD, PhD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... Health criteria for treatment [ Box ] have been met.[ 1 ] The physician’s goal for endocrine therapy is to ... daily, risk of meningioma increased from 4.5 to 23.8 per 1 000 000 patient years compared to the control group.[ 5 ... or limiting the dose to no more than 12.5 mg daily [ Table 1 ].[ 6 ] Masculinizing endocrine treatment Testosterone ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sahil Kumar, MSc January/February 2022
... well-being of transgender and gender-diverse individuals.[ 1 ] While not all these individuals seek surgical ... surgical standards of care are summarized in the Table .[ 1 ] Not all transition services are currently covered by the ... than an AA cup size) or asymmetrical growth of more than 1.5 cup sizes following 18 months of continuous hormone ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ingrid Cosio, MD, CCFP January/February 2022
... conditions, including depression, HIV, and substance use.[ 1-4 ] They are also disproportionately affected by poverty, ... more accessible and gender-affirming services [ Box 1 ]. Small but significant changes can be made to the ...
Obituaries / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB January/February 2022
... completed his medical degree at UBC in 1984, followed by a 1-year rotating internship at Dalhousie and a return to BC in ...
Letters / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
The amount of clinical research taking place is excessive.[ 1 ] Out of the 6 million articles published in a year, half ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2022
... has had the oldest average age of mothers in Canada.[ 1 ] In 2016, the average age of a person giving birth in BC ... years; as of 2020, this average reached a new high of 32.1 years.[ 1 ] What’s most remarkable to me is that in a single ...
News / BY: Erin Connors January/February 2022
... and, as a result, it was converted to an ELHT as of 1 January 2022. In October 2021, Doctors of BC contacted ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2022
Dr Dosanjh started her 1-year term as president of Doctors of BC on 1 January 2022. She spoke with BCMJ editor Dr David ...