Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 /
BY: Cheryl Young, MD, CCFP
January/February 2022
... and using ivermectin, including veterinary formulations.[ 7 ] In parallel, a shortage of prescription ivermectin ... highest to lowest for rate of cases of COVID-19 over the 7-day period between 5 and 11 October 2021.[ 17 ] Similarly, ... Tips for health care providers BC DPIC is available 24/7, 365 days a year to provide consultation on management or ...
Editorials /
BY: Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC
January/February 2022
... Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People-7 [ 2 ] diagnoses are based on the distress of body/mind ... Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People-7 . With version 8, it is anticipated that the term “gender ... Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People-7 . The BC Children’s team partners with Trans Care BC to ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Marshall Dahl, MD, PhD, FRCPC
January/February 2022
... also been shown to be effective in pharmacologic studies.[ 7 ] Daily transdermal testosterone preparations are used in ... with high rates of anxiety, depression, and suicidality,[ 7 ] and therefore, may require intensive counseling to allow ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Sahil Kumar, MSc
January/February 2022
... altered sensation; and anaplastic large cell lymphoma.[ 5-7 ] Surgeons in BC are encouraged to follow the WPATH ...
Obituaries /
BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB
January/February 2022
... on the Doctors of BC Board for 10 years as the District 7 representative. He was chair of the Insurance Committee ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
January/February 2022
... a cohort of persons born in 1910 was 21.1 years, and 22.7 years for a similar cohort born in 1960. In the mid-1970s, the average age of a Canadian person was 26.7 at childbirth.[ 4 ] I am not sharing this data to criticize ... their maximum number of eggs by 20 weeks gestation—6 to 7 million in total. Egg numbers decline throughout life, but ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
January/February 2022
... health. Maybe there’s a different way of doing 24-7 care? Postsurgically, I had to choose shift work, where I ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Abdullah Al Mamun, MBBS, MPH
March 2022
... prescription in BC for all antibiotic prescriptions was 7 (7, 10) days, with the exception of naturopathic physicians ... where it was 14. Underscoring practice’s focus on 7 days as a standard measure, the median DOT per prescription ...
Physician Spotlight /
BY: Hilary Spicer
March 2022
... needed to reach his goal, he delivered papers, worked 7 days a week at a local gas station while attending school, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: barbara findlay, MA, LLB, QC
March 2022
... rights are subject to s 17 of the Infants Act (1996).[ 7 ] Under s 17 of the Infants Act (1996),[ 8 ] if a minor ... Footnotes 1. The Age of Majority Act RSBC 1996 c 7 sets the age of majority in BC at 19. 2. Infants Act ... WPATH Standards of Care: www.wpath.org/publications/soc . 7. AB v CD and EF 2019 BCSC 254. There were also many ...