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Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Cheryl Young, MD, CCFP January/February 2022
... for using ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19, health authorities worldwide, including Health Canada, have not authorized such use. Nevertheless, ... and it became apparent in spring and summer 2021 to the Health Products and Food Branch of Health Canada that ...
Editorials / BY: Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC January/February 2022
Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC Transgender health is a rapidly evolving field that is moving away from ... in the classification manuals published by the World Health Organization, American Psychiatric Association, and World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). As you will read in this series of six ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marshall Dahl, MD, PhD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health criteria for treatment [ Box ] have been met.[ 1 ] The ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sahil Kumar, MSc January/February 2022
... goal of gender-affirming surgical care is to maximize the health and well-being of transgender and gender-diverse ... Surgery Program BC, located within Vancouver Coastal Health, became Western Canada’s first and only centre to ... multidisciplinary team of surgical specialists and allied health care providers provide shared care throughout the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ingrid Cosio, MD, CCFP January/February 2022
... gender-affirming care have elevated rates of a number of health conditions, including depression, HIV, and substance ... 2 , 4 ] Gender-diverse people report barriers to accessing health care, and lower rates of health screening, which results in unaddressed health needs.[ ...
Obituaries / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB January/February 2022
... He was selected by the medical staff of South Fraser Health Region to serve, by appointment of then Minister of Health, Joy MacPhail, on the South Fraser Regional Health Board as its first physician member. In addition to ...
Obituaries / BY: William Akeroyd, MD January/February 2022
... an energetic community and worked to expand Whistler’s health care facilities to the high standard that is provided ...
Letters / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... the world has just benefited from a truly amazing public health research project on COVID-19. Initial vaccine trials ... should be limited to really serious problems of a public health nature. Quality improvement would be cheaper and less ... to allow the money to be redirected to a big public health issue study of 10 000 patients? —Mark Elliott, MD ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2022
... needs to evolve. Advancing reproductive age is a public health issue. Even though society has changed since my ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD January/February 2022
... lives, climate change like we’ve never seen before, and health care disparities and systemic inequities that ... profession of diversity and equity while prioritizing our health, well-being, and autonomy. I am filled with optimism ...