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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Michael Joseph Lee, PhD June 2025
... certain treatments can increase the release of toxins.[ 7 ] Human health There are approximately 2000 known species ... monitoring in some large drinking-water reservoirs.[ 7 ] Although there is limited surveillance, cyanobacteria ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP June 2025
... of the mean age of users (i.e., generally older users).[ 7 ] Another source of injury and death related to these ...
Editorials / BY: Terri Aldred, MD June 2025
... 6 ] Our existence is an inconvenience and a threat.[ 7 ] British Columbia has the most First Nations diversity in ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC June 2025
... patients from birth to end of life, being on call 24/7, and serving as a pillar of the community—the sole ...
Letters / BY: Rita K. McCracken, MD, PhD, CCFP (COE), FCFP June 2025
... who go on to longer-term use.[ 2 ] In contrast, the 7.2% prevalence reported in this study refers specifically to ... research, including work by Dr Slaunwhite and colleagues,[ 7 ] shows that prescribed opioids can reduce mortality among ...
Letters / BY: Rebecca Z. Xu, MD June 2025
... ] We agree this is a different patient population from the 7.2% of opioid-naive users that became new long-term opioid ... referenced our previous, more detailed report from 2021.[ 7 ] We used the World Health Organization Collaborating ... prescribed opioid (within 60 days of death), and another 6.7% were associated with a combination of prescribed and ...
Original Research / BY: Tandi Wilkinson, MD, CCFP-EM, FCFP July/August 2025
... 43% of those surveyed used it more than once per day.[ 7 ] In 2015, recognizing the barriers to acquiring and ... for a mother to get an ultrasound for her baby, it’s a 7-hour ferry ride. You have to get in a lineup for the ferry ...
Original Research / BY: Olivia F. Hunter July/August 2025
... surgical complexity, and poorer health outcomes.[ 6,7 ] Psychologically, increased wait times can lead to ... for a CT scan (5.0 weeks versus the national average of 3.7 weeks) and the longest wait time for MRI (24.0 weeks versus ...
Premise / BY: Davie Wong, MD, FRCPC July/August 2025
... bias, bandwagon effect, and base-rate neglect. [7,8] I will examine the biases that can influence antibiotic ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Selena Lawrie, MD, CCFP July/August 2025
... avoiding and is now refusing to attend school. Or the 7-year-old crouching in the corner of the exam room, who is ... Crisis Line: 310-6789 (no area code needed, available 24/7 across BC) Who it’s for: Anyone in BC Additional ...