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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC April 2024
... health-related misinformation or conspiracy theories.[ 4 ] Yet 55% of Canadians today rely on social media for their ... information to allow patients to do their own research.[ 4 ] Although health professionals and scientists continue to ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Selena Lawrie, MD, CCFP July/August 2024
... functional limitations, and chronic conditions.[ 3 , 4 ] It’s linked to childhood asthma, depression, obesity, and academic performance.[ 4 , 5 ] Food-insecure individuals experience higher rates of ... and depression, with limited social support.[ 4 ] Food insecurity is costly. Health care spending is 23% ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Laura Gentile, RD, MHA December 2024
... 1 ] Prior to the availability of cervix screening, 28.4 in 100 000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer ... to have similar accuracy to provider-collected samples.[ 4 ] In BC, self-screening is available to all age-eligible ... reduce the incidence of cervical cancer in BC to less than 4 in 100 000, which will meet the World Health ...
Letters / BY: Min Jung Kim, BHSc January/February 2024
... experienced uniformly across all populations in Canada,[ 4 ] and the differential impacts on physical and mental ... decreased capacity for emergency planning and response.[ 4 ] In particular, Indigenous communities have been ... and 570 to 2500 premature deaths to long-term exposure.[ 4 ] Furthermore, access to and availability of basic ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC May 2024
... British Columbia committed to reaching the OECD average of 4.3 hospital beds per 1000 people by 2035, doubling our ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC September 2024
... sales of red wine in the United States increased 40%.[ 3 , 4 ] Research eventually also found health benefits in beer ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Frank X. Scheuermeyer, MD, MHSc April 2024
... (chest pain with noncardiac features) or ICD-10A codes R07.4 (chest pain), I21.9 (acute myocardial infarction), I20.0 ... (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA) and SAS version 9.4 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC) for data entry and analysis. ... [ Table 1 ]. Overall, 23.7% of encounters (95% CI, 23.4 to 24.0) in the before cohort and 22.5% (95% CI, 22.2 to ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Daniel Shirvani, BSc June 2024
... the greatest contributor to disability in older adults.[ 1-4 ] There is no known cure for osteoarthritis; thus, ... accelerate the global burden of osteoarthritis.[ 4 , 11 , 12 ] Thus, early identification and diagnosis of ... onset and treatment. It is estimated that 18.4% of adults in BC suffer from joint-specific ...
Premise / BY: Shauna Correia, MDCM, FRCPC November 2024
... or hand lotions. Vaginal pH is typically between 3.8 and 4.5, while rectal pH is closer to 7.0. Alteration in vaginal ... a pH between 5.0 and 7.0 for anal intercourse, or around 4.5 if vaginal intercourse is the primary activity.[ 3 ] ...
Editorials / BY: Maziar Badii, MD, FRCPC, MHSc May 2024
... as other modalities are much more effective. Article 4 : Boettcher and Moran discuss surgical management of knee ...