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Proust for Physicians / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP June 2018
... we have—secure messaging, videoconferencing, patient health records—and the death of technologies we use like ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeffrey Roberts, MD, FRCSC May 2018
... prior to treatment for both fertility preservation and the health of any offspring.[ 36 ] The amount of sperm required ... obtaining mature sperm is needed. In terms of reproductive health, transition to adulthood is poorly addressed by our ... reserve surveillance, counseling on fertility and sexual health, and provision of egg and embryo banking in cases ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC May 2018
... assay, and in BC this test is not covered by provincial health insurance. The cost per assay is typically $70, which ... normal values for semen parameters in the current World Health Organization (WHO) laboratory manual (5th edition) ... by many factors, including duration of abstinence, age, health status, length of time to processing, and exposure to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC May 2018
... including LGV, are reportable under the BC Public Health Act and recorded in the provincial STI Information ... to the NML for LGV serovar testing via the BCCDC Public Health Laboratory (PHL), regardless of which laboratory ... All LGV cases diagnosed in BC are followed up by public health nurses located at the BCCDC. These nurses notify the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jon Havelock, MD, FRCSC May 2018
... of other known disorders. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) conference on PCOS in 1990 led to the first ... Box ). Anovulation While anovulation can lead to long-term health consequences such as endometrial cancer and ... by anovulation, obesity, hirsutism) and reducing long-term health risks (endometrial cancer, type 2 diabetes). Competing ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM May 2018
... Based on BC immunization registry data for participating health authorities (all but Vancouver Coastal), rotavirus ... 14.3% never started a series of rotavirus vaccine. BC health units will be working with physician providers as they ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Charuka Maheswaran, MBBS, DTM&H, DRCOG, DFFP, PMETB, CELTA, LMCC, CCFP, MPH May 2018
... as they see fit.[ 4 ] Because of the Canada Labour Code, Health Canada has installed water treatment systems for their employees (sent to provide health care for local peoples) so that they can have access ... citizens, Bradford and colleagues suggest a database of health-outcome data linked to indicators of safe drinking ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC May 2018
... a patient’s life when she is so motivated to achieve a health care goal. This is even more the case with infertility ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD May 2018
... barriers when they exist, “in matters relating to public health, health education, environmental protection, legislation, function, and improvement of health services.”[ 1 ] Just as I never envisioned retiring ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ekua Yorke, MD, FRCSC April 2018
The adverse effects of obesity impact every aspect of the health care system. Studies have demonstrated that diet, ... effective for comorbid disease resolution and to reduce health care costs.[ 2 ] A consensus statement updating an earlier statement from the National Institutes of Health supports bariatric surgery for those who strongly ...