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Letters / BY: Charles Ludgate, MD, OBC July/August 2023
... specialized teams operating in linked operating rooms.[ 2 ] The program standardized the equipment and procedures and ...
Letters / BY: Colette Davis, MD July/August 2023
... abnormal screens and subsequent scans and biopsies.[ 2 ] This lag is distressing to patients and will result in ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC July/August 2023
... researchers about whether a bot can qualify as an author.[ 2-4 ] ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) language ... with the ICMJE recommendations. However, this consensus[ 2 ] among medical journals does not erase the fact that ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) July/August 2023
... in hard-fought litigation that dragged on for nearly 2 decades, it would have been more reassuring had the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME July/August 2023
... may miss the window of opportunity to meet billing rules[ 2 ] if they are not aware that the patient is a WorkSafeBC ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Rachel Grimminck, MD, FRCPC, DABPN, CGP July/August 2023
... disorders impact outcomes in virtually all specialties.[ 2 ] Absence of a comprehensive vision or action plan for MHSU ...
Premise / BY: Cara L. McCulloch, MD July/August 2023
... prevention of over 30 chronic health conditions.[ 2-4 ] The World Health Organization indicates lack of ...
Editorials / BY: Jennifer J. Telford, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CAGF, FACG July/August 2023
... have informed clinical practice guidelines in BC.[ 1 , 2 ] Our goal is to review the source literature and discuss ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Laura Gentile, RD, MHA July/August 2023
... strategies have been shown to be cost-effective.[ 2 ] Screening for colorectal cancer with a biennial fecal ... biennial guaiac fecal occult blood tests (gFOBTs), 1- or 2-time flexible sigmoidoscopy, and colonoscopy.[ 4 , 5 ] The ... referred for colonoscopy, 73% completed the colonoscopy: 2% were diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and 19% had a ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: James R. Gray, MD, FRCPC July/August 2023
... incidence rising abruptly after age 50 [ Figure 1 ].[ 1 , 2 ] Hence, most screening guidelines suggest initiation of ... over 50 years of age.[ 3 , 4 ] However, over the past 2 to 3 decades, several countries, including Canada, have ... cancer in adults younger than 50 years of age [ Figure 2 , Figure 3 ]. Colorectal cancer arising before age 50 is ...