Premise /
BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM
June 2024
... to an odds ratio of 3.1 in patients with diabetes.[ 7 , 8 , 16 , 17 ] Benefits and risks of total joint ... 10% was recorded in 25% of patients, compared with 16% and 7% in the placebo group, respectively.[ 42 ] When the anatomy ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Tracy Barber, RPT, Grad Dip Phys
June 2024
... impairments, physical activity levels, and comorbidities.[ 7 ] Education interventions can be 20% to 30% more effective ... been shown to improve joint symptoms and mobility.[ 6 , 7 ] This in turn can lead to increased quality of life, ... therapy, but only if it is combined with exercise.[ 1 , 7 ] Research shows low-quality evidence in favor of using ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Abdullah Alenezi, MD, FRCPC
June 2024
... which results in greater and longer-lasting pain relief.[ 7 ] Obesity, the presence of large joint effusions, severe ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Daniel Shirvani, BSc
June 2024
... to present a permanently disabling disorder months later.[ 7 , 8 ] Osteoarthritis is similar to other chronic conditions ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Caroline Mariano, MD
July/August 2024
... protection against surface-borne bacteria or viruses. [ 6,7 ] While ample data indicate that surfaces such as ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Anna Mason, MD
July/August 2024
... can provide is less effective than it ideally would be. [ 7 ] When specialists experience moral distress, they are more ...
Premise /
BY: Nikhil Rajaram, MD, FCFP, MPH, FRCPC
July/August 2024
... physicians’ roles and responsibilities related to this.[ 7 ] Some workplaces have occupational health professionals ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Selena Lawrie, MD, CCFP
July/August 2024
... food insecure; by 2022, this had increased to 17.8%.[ 7 , 8 ] Food insecurity is ageist. One in four Canadian ... in 2022, impacting lifelong health and economic outcomes.[ 7 ] Food insecurity is racial. People who identify as Black ... compared with those who identify as White (15.3%).[ 7 ] Indigenous people are more likely to live in rural areas, ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Amber Sawkins, MSW, RSW
July/August 2024
... in clinical counseling or social work. The line is open 7 days a week, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. For more information, see ...
Clinical Articles, Clinical Images /
BY: Samantha R. Saravana-Bawan, MD, FRCP
July/August 2024
... fertility medication, which has a known twin risk of 3% to 7%.[ 1 ] Estimated gestational age was 5 weeks 3 days. ...