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President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC June 2024
... efficient model to keep wait times as short as possible.[ 1 ] Multiple studies show that the key barrier to ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Eugene Y.H. Yeung, MD, MSc, BSc(Pharm), FRCPC, FCCM, D(ABMM), CTH September 2024
... panel nucleic-acid amplification test (IDP-NAAT).[ 1 ] It combines a multiple gene target (multiplex) that ... 14 common viral, bacterial, and parasitic pathogens [ Box 1 ; Figure 1 ] . The BC Guidelines state that the list of pathogens may ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jia Hu, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC November 2024
... afford alternative housing in their community. In 2021, 10.1% of Canadian households faced core housing need, with BC having the highest provincial rate, at 13.4%.[ 1 ] There are several pathways through which housing can ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Valerie C. Doyon, MD January/February 2024
... Australian, and British dermatological associations.[ 1-3 ] The initial biopsy is vital for staging melanomas via ... status, which determine the re-excision margins. See Table 1 for stage-specific wide local excision margins. While BC ... recommends a narrow excisional/complete biopsy with 1–3 mm margins that encompasses the entire breadth of the ...
Back Page / BY: Adam Zanbilowicz, MS(Medical Education), DPM(Hons) April 2024
... glasses obscuring the view of gondoliers’ feet [ Figure 1 ] . Discussion The results indicate a notable diversity in ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Caroline Mariano, MD July/August 2024
... increase in prevalence, and food security is threatened. [ 1 ] In their current state, the health care sector’s ... by global greenhouse gas accounting standards. Scope 1 includes direct facility emissions, such as those from ... period. Pre-intervention data extended from 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2022; post-intervention data ...
Clinical Articles, Clinical Case Reports / BY: Rebecca Zhuang, MD October 2024
... that affects an estimated 49 000 Canadians annually,[ 1 ] and it can be associated with significant morbidity as ... or 69.9% predicted, a reduced forced expiratory volume in 1 second, 2.36 L or 65.8% predicted. Post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 second improved modestly to 2.72 L or 15.0%. Examination of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jennifer Balfour, MD, FRCPC December 2024
... and most well-resourced companies in the world.”[ 1 ] The CPS reminds us that the safe amount of screen time ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC May 2024
... and Development (OECD) nation. BC has even less—a mere 1.95 hospital beds per 1000 people. Canada also has ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Selena Lawrie, MD, CCFP July/August 2024
... healthy choices, self-reliance, and equal access.[ 1 ] Food insecurity is “the inability to acquire or consume ... One in four Canadian children faces food insecurity, with 1.2 million children affected in 2022, impacting lifelong ...