Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Alexander R. Hemy, MD
October 2024
... and indirect socioeconomic and health care burden.[ 4 , 5 ] Clinical cases Case 1 Patient 1 is a 35-year-old woman ... been experiencing daily lower abdominal pain for the past 5 years. She has one bowel movement shortly after waking, ...
Clinical Articles, Clinical Case Reports /
BY: Rebecca Zhuang, MD
October 2024
... of patients develop recurrent thrombosis within 10 years,[ 5 ] and one-third develop post-thrombotic syndrome, ... are easily accessed locally, with most respondents (87.5%) having access to an ultrasonography device.[ 16 ] Common ...
Premise /
BY: Khushi Dabla, BSc
October 2024
... and engagement in life-saving interventions.[ 4 , 5 ] To address this public health emergency, we implemented ...
Premise /
BY: Chloe Gao, BHSc
October 2024
... significantly lower BMI cutoffs than White populations.[ 5 ] Not only does this highlight the limitations of BMI as a ... diagnosis of type 2 diabetes for ethnic minority adults.[ 5 ] As a result of this, race-specific BMI cutoffs have been ... the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.[ 5 ] However, considering racialized communities already ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP
October 2024
... a Falls Prevention Clinic[ 4 ] or Osteofit program.[ 5 ] The most effective falls prevention intervention is ...
Editorials /
BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB
October 2024
... called up in ascending order of their years of service, in 5-year blocks. When the presenter got to those who had served ...
Joint Collaborative Committees /
BY: Alex Chan, PhD, MD, FRCSC
October 2024
... within recommended time frames has improved by less than 5% since 2016.[ 4 ] Referral models exist to reduce wait ... Tool assessed actionability and understandability.[ 5 ] Materials including exercises were prioritized. Before ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Patrick Wong
October 2024
... Consultation report must be received by WorkSafeBC within 5 business days of the consultation [ Table ] . Submitting ...
Letters /
BY: Patrick Yam, MD, CCFP
October 2024
... which concluded that an average platelet dose of 5.5 billion showed a positive effect at 6 months, whereas a ...
Letters /
BY: Jan MacPhail, MD, MSc (Epidemiology)
October 2024
... an injury claim after being hit by drivers in the last 5 years.[ 1 ] Crashes involving cyclists are also widespread. ... to justify the work of changing the Motor Vehicle Act.[ 5 ] Finally, after years of negotiation with the ministry, a ...