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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD March 2023
... urgent intervention, such as paralytic shellfish toxins.[ 4 ] The close integration between the DPIC and the BCCDC also ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC April 2023
... related to substance use have continued to increase.[ 3 , 4 ] Between January and December 2021, 7560 people died from ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Stephen Lam, MD, FRCPC April 2023
... compared with usual care or screening with chest X-ray.[ 4-6 ] Screening works through downstaging—the process of ... 40% of lung cancer cases are diagnosed at stage 4, when the 5-year survival rate is less than 10%.[ 7 ] ... the positive predictive value was significantly higher (4.0% vs 3.4%, P = .01).[ 18 ] Of those deemed ineligible for ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Hannah Gibson, MBChB May 2023
... mental health issues, and substance abuse disorders.[ 1-4 ] In a series of point-in-time counts conducted in British ... opinions on available and desired services; and (4) detect any barriers that exist for tenants related to ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP May 2023
... to climate change; it is estimated to constitute 4.6% of the global carbon footprint.[ 1 ] When compared with ... atmosphere on actuation and if disposed of improperly.[ 4 ] Pressurized metered-dose inhalers account for 70% of inhalers prescribed in the United Kingdom and up to 4% of its health care carbon footprint.[ 5 , 6 ] Low-carbon ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Carol-Anne Vallée, MD May 2023
... in the world to completely decriminalize abortion.[ 4 ] Over the years, there have been several political ...
Letters / BY: Rick Potter-Cogan, CCFP April 2023
... or supplements to most people’s diet [ BCMJ 2023;65:4 ]. People are misled to believe there is a benefit and fall ...
Obituaries April 2023
... 1981–3 November 2022 Dr Chong Won Lim 20 June 1932–4 June 2022 Dr James Robert MacLean 1 July 1925–14 March ... Dr Jaime Patricio Paredes 4 March 1943–16 December 2022 Dr Colin Paul Sabiston 21 ... 19 October 1935–26 February 2023 Dr David Smit 4 June 1935–9 January 2023 Dr Edwin Stockdale 29 August ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC April 2023
... additional breast cancers per 10 000 women years.[ 3 , 4 ] I am part of an online group for Canadian woman ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Shobhit Maruti, MD, MPH, ACBOM, DABPM, FRCPC April 2023
... by activating the sympathetic nervous system.[ 4 ] Neurological: Vibration exposure might damage both large ...