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News December 2023
An innovative stem cell–based treatment for type 1 diabetes can meaningfully regulate blood glucose levels and ... the insulin-producing beta cells that people with type 1 diabetes lack. Dubbed VC-02, the small medical implant ... as a significant step toward a functional cure for type 1 diabetes. With further refinement of this approach, ...
Letters / BY: Rod Densmore, MD December 2023
... 4800 inmates; between 24% and 28% have FASD.[ 1 ] That is 1300 individuals. I have diagnosed about 14 ... education programs, and 25% of children in foster care.[ 1 ] —Rod Densmore, MD Medical Assessor, Adult FASD Clinic, ...
Letters / BY: Rita K. McCracken, MD, PhD, CCFP (COE), FCFP December 2023
... physician organizations to stop observing the differences[ 1-3 ] and instead make real change to remove the burden of ... Does working part-time mean I’ve failed as a feminist? (1) ...
Letters / BY: Marko Yurkovich, MD, CCFP December 2023
... that approximately 10% had a neoplastic lesion detected.[ 1 ] This underscores the importance of timely access to ... cancer.” Letters Re: Early-onset colorectal cancer (1) ...
Letters / BY: Petra Wildgoose, MD, CCFP, MPH December 2023
... and a delay in presentation to the primary care provider.[ 1 , 2 ] Vigilance of health care providers assumes that ...
Editorials / BY: Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH, FRCPC December 2023
... of substances such as fentanyl and carfentanil.[ 1 ] Untapped and underused options are available to prevent ... drug supply through both medical and nonmedical models.[ 1 ] Decriminalization of drug possession is crucial to reduce ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC December 2023
The new BC Pediatric Nutrition Guidelines[ 1 ] introduce a holistic, family-centred approach to feeding ... cereal). Avoid all honey (even pasteurized) until 1 year of age due to the risk of infant botulism. Encourage ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Harvey Koochin, MD December 2023
... who have an existing relationship with their physician.[ 1 ] The Canadian Medical Protective Association calls the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM December 2023
... drugs, following a 2008 outbreak of serotype 5 disease.[ 1 ] A once-only second dose 5 years later is publicly funded ...
Premise / BY: Daniel Hong, PharmD, BCGP December 2023
... major orthopaedic surgery has been estimated at 4.3%.[ 1 ] This burden of VTE, along with a much higher incidence of ... these interventions, rates of VTE are reduced to 0.4% to 1.8% in patients with lower extremity surgeries; fatal VTE is very uncommon.[ 1 , 2 ] Therefore, thromboprophylaxis after major orthopaedic ...
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