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Review Articles / BY: Tae Won Yi, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2025
... Case 1 Mr Sharma is a 65-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension. His most recent blood work indicated his potassium level was 5.2 mmol/L, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was 80 ml/min/1.73 m 2 , urine albumin:creatinine ratio was 40 mg/mmol, and A1c ...
News April 2025
... rating of 3.6 out of 5, while young adults gave them 2.8. Psychologists rated the least reliable videos at 1.1 out of 5, while young adults rated them 2.3. This suggests that misinformation may be slipping ...
Premise / BY: Goldis Mitra, MD, CCFP April 2025
... in primary care by the government over the last 2 years, attachment and access to primary care are still ... Canadians want to see in our primary care system.[ 2 ] Over 16 months, from September 2022 to December 2023, the ... are central to a high-functioning primary care system.[ 2 ] BOX. The OurCare Standard. Everyone has a relationship ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Christie Wall, MPH April 2025
... in 2024, with fentanyl present in 85.1% of deaths.[ 1,2 ] Even when a drug toxicity event is survived, it can cause ... Control’s (BCCDC’s) Take Home Naloxone program, 2 659 421 naloxone kits have been shipped to distribution ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP April 2025
... 2022, 11.6% of British Columbians were living in poverty.[ 2 ] The negative health impacts of the toxic stress ... with disabilities are also disproportionately affected.[ 2 ] As a society, we have created the conditions that foster ... wages, and increased support for seniors and children.[ 2 ] Insecurity in all its forms takes an enormous health and ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC April 2025
... training are major factors in childbearing decisions.[ 1,2 ] Many related studies have focused on surgeons, who have ...
Letters / BY: Vanessa Kong, BA April 2025
... to minimize the risks associated with substance use.[ 1,2 ] We outline three lessons learned during the development ... use and mental health in 2022: 181 of 340 respondents (53.2%) agreed and 29 (8.5%) strongly agreed with the statement ... refer my patients/clients [to] within Burnaby.” Lesson 2: It’s not a lack of resources; it’s a lack of pathways ...
Letters / BY: Charles Krieger, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2025
... and others have reported similar experiences.[ 2-4 ] Many of us with previous experience using other EHR ...
Original Research / BY: Jennifer Kask, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2025
... occurred from 1 July 2021 to 31 December 2023 [ Figure 2 ] . The number of swabs received remained high, even though ...
Premise / BY: John A. Cairns, MD, FRCPC May 2025
... the patient’s response to given therapeutic agents.[ 2 ] Inherent to the strategy of precision medicine is the ... The ratio of doctors per 1000 population increased from 2.0 in 2000 to 2.7 by 2019, but the OECD average is 3.4, and Canada’s ...