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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Selena Lawrie, MD, CCFP July/August 2025
... underlying cause and the anxiety need to be addressed. [1,2] In 2023, more than 20% of youth missed school because of ... mental health disorder. Less than half receive treatment. [1-3]   As physicians, we may feel overwhelmed or ... Who it’s for: Anyone in BC Additional resources in BC: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) is the BC suicide prevention ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Jaron Easterbrook, MD July/August 2025
... grants of up to $15 000 to eligible family practices.[ 1 ] The grant helps with recruitment and onboarding costs, ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Shelina Babul, PhD July/August 2025
... concussion claims that required ongoing benefits in 2023.[ 1 ] An early and evidence-based approach by primary care to ... received this early intervention even earlier, they were 3.1 times more likely to return to work within 12 weeks and 1.4 times more likely to return to work within 26 weeks. The ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC July/August 2025
... learning models that can be tailored for clinical use.[ 1 ] Over the coming months, it will be interesting to see how ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD July/August 2025
... Measles was declared eliminated in Canada in 1998.[ 1 ] As of 23 June 2025, there were 3381 cases of measles ...
President's Comment / BY: Charlene Lui, MD July/August 2025
... analysis plus in decision making, among other measures. [1] Our Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Advisory Committee, ...
MDs To Be / BY: Taewoong Chae, MD September 2025
... often left patients out of the decision-making process.[ 1 ] This medical model of care has been replaced with an ... of patients live between 30 and 80 km from the clinic; 43.1% live more than 80 km from the clinic. Many of our patients ... indicated a strongly satisfied response, while a score of 1 indicated a strongly dissatisfied response. Next, the 20 ...
Clinical Case Reports / BY: Sydney Sparanese, MD September 2025
... sulfur (inorganic arsenic), or carbon (organic arsenic).[ 1,2 ] Inorganic arsenic has been recognized as toxic since ... water and groundwater in Canada is very low, usually 1 to 2 μg/L.[ 7-9 ] However, localized high concentrations ... prominent symptoms of arsenic poisoning; it can develop 1 to 3 weeks after acute high-dose poisoning or insidiously ...
Original Research / BY: Christina W. Lee, MD, FRCSC, FACS September 2025
... until standard treatments are considered futile.[ 1-3 ] Physicians’ erroneous assumptions of patients’ ... treatments at a high cost, both financially and morally.[ 1,2 ] Shared decision making is a fundamental tenet of ... were conducted. Three overarching themes were identified: (1) palliative care in surgery is important, but not all ...
Obituaries / BY: Kevin Elwood, MD September 2025
... of emphysema, exploring the contribution of alpha-1 proteinase inhibitors and neutrophil elastase release. ...