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Back Page / BY: Tej K. Khalsa, MD, MSc, FRCPC January/February 2023
... outpacing the rest of Canada in a decline in hopefulness.[ 1 ] In 2021–2022, 64% of people in Canada were hopeful ... nonbinary people do not feel hopeful about the future.[ 1 ] In my mind-body medicine practice at the Mayo Clinic,[ 11 ... replenishment, like connecting to caring community.[ 1 ] May we decolonize our despair to remember who we truly ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Brendan Tao, BHSc March 2023
... avolition, apathy, affective flattening, and anhedonia.[ 1 ] Approximately 1.5% to 3.5% of the general population is estimated to meet ... diagnostic criteria for psychosis within their lifetime.[ 1 ] However, psychosis is far more common among people who ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Ka Wai Cheung, MD, MPH, FRCPC March 2023
... by exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced effectiveness.[ 1 ] Burnout is associated with reduced quality of care and ... burnout based on the Mayo Clinic’s wellness framework.[ 1 ] Respondents could also enter their own interventions. ... interpersonal disengagement scales; an average score of 1.33 or higher was defined as burnout. Dichotomous ...
Obituaries / BY: Boggie Family March 2023
... 50th Anniversary Endowment Fund Committee, which raised $1.5 million to assist medical students. 2005: Established the ...
Obituaries / BY: Bob Newman, MD March 2023
... pay off. The clam factory at Five Islands used to pay $1 per bushel, and Dale would often get $5 to $8 per day ... his 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The 1 July party at “Gumbo Gulch” was not to be missed. He ...
Letters / BY: Simon Moore, MD, CCFP March 2023
... slightly different from the instructions on your website,[ 1 ] which state that Form 8/11 needs to be sent “within ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2023
... even longer; my first BCMJ article was published in 1981.[ 1 ] It will surprise no one that I will end my term with a ... that many Canadian patients (a CMA report revealed it was 1 in 3) who do not have private extended health insurance go ... concerns with a hypothetical three-phase scenario. Phase 1: In a pre-election speech, the Minister of Health announces ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Priya Manjoo, MD March 2023
... or excessive body fat (adiposity) that impairs health.[ 1 ] Like any other chronic disease, it is progressive and ... health care professionals, patients, and policymakers.[ 1 ] The chapters on medical nutrition therapy in obesity and ... and maintaining weight loss ranging from 6% to 15% at 1 year, with associated improvement in overall health. Even ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Eytan David, MD, FRCSC March 2023
... consistently report no effective treatment for tinnitus.[ 1 ] Many reviews consider all patients together without ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD March 2023
... deaths due to the toxic illicit drug supply alone.[ 1 ] All age groups are at risk of poisoning, but the types of ... comprehensive review in the United States found that each $1 spent on poison control centres saves over $13 in other ... the public and health care professionals (604 682-5050 or 1 800 567-8911). A weekday drug information phone service for ...