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WorkSafeBC / BY: Charuka Maheswaran, MBBS, DTM&H, DRCOG, DFFP, PMETB, CELTA, LMCC, CCFP, MPH November 2024
... For a comprehensive review, please see the references.[ 2-4 ] In cases of frostbite, the skin and underlying tissues, ... the affected area, but only if refreezing can be avoided.[ 2-4 ] Hypothermia is the most serious and life-threatening ... removed, and the patient should be rewarmed cautiously.[ 2,3 ] WorkSafeBC guidance WorkSafeBC’s OHS Guidelines ...
Editorials / BY: Terri Aldred, MD November 2024
... here and the steps that are needed to address them.[ 2 ] There are 231 calls for justice, and 16 of them pertain ... and revitalization of traditional women’s medicines.[ 2 ] Physicians have the opportunity every day to support body ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2024
... 650 000 Canadians served, and 66 000 lost their lives.[ 2 ] It is estimated that over 16.5 million people died ...
News / BY: Laura McLean November 2024
... completion of residency or fellowship. After your first 2 full years in practice, when your income is established. A ...
Letters / BY: Liz Ewart, MD, FCFP November 2024
... a single appointment: (1) nurse and physician assessment, (2) breast diagnostic imaging and results, and (3) same-day ... (one very close to retirement) and the equivalent of 2.5 full-time equivalent general practitioners in oncology. ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Amy Booth, MPH December 2024
... and no less than 80% for any single identifiable group.[ 2 ] Within BC and Canada, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit ... tests, innovative approaches, and an equity-based lens,[ 2 ] in alignment with the World Health Organization’s ... cases of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 2 or worse (CIN2+) at initial screen than cytology,[ 14 ] is ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Laura Gentile, RD, MHA December 2024
... 1 ] The 2020 incidence rate in BC was 8.1 in 100 000.[ 2 ] The World Health Organization has identified the ... precancer (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia [CIN] grade 2 or worse) and cancer. HPV screening has a one-time sensitivity for detecting CIN grade 2 or worse (CIN2+) of 96.1%, versus 53.0% for cytology,[ 5 ] ...
Premise / BY: Chloe Gao, BHSc December 2024
... care settings, and in criminal justice institutions.[ 2 ] While it can be associated with racism, it is not ... life opportunities starting from an early stage of life.[ 2 ] According to a 2005 survey, White Americans between 25 and 44 years of age have an average of 10.2 more months of education than Black Americans.[ 18 ] In ...
Premise / BY: Martina Scholtens, MD, MPH, FRCPC December 2024
... Victorian-era psychiatric hospitals and army hospitals.[ 2-4 ] In 1802, Benjamin Rush, widely considered the founder ... didactic materials, which are nonfiction and instructive.[ 2 , 3 , 5 ] Bibliotherapy has enjoyed a fresh surge of ... the recommendations were included for each title [ Figure 2 ] . FIGURE 1. A screenshot of a portion of the bipolar ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jennifer Balfour, MD, FRCPC December 2024
... us that the safe amount of screen time for children under 2 years of age is 0 hours per day. Any exposure to an ... meaningful and conscientious mitigation measures.”[ 2 ] Research shows that face-to-face interactions among teens ... that the right amount of screen time before age 2 is 0 hours per day—both with postnatal discharge material ...