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Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC May 2023
... a new house and enduring stress caused by tabloid papers.[ 5 , 6 ] “I believe my wife suffered a miscarriage because ...
Obituaries / BY: Bob Newman, MD March 2023
... used to pay $1 per bushel, and Dale would often get $5 to $8 per day digging clams. He was a lifelong reader and ...
Premise / BY: Cara L. McCulloch, MD July/August 2023
... a projected economic burden of US$300 billion by 2030.[ 5 , 6 ] In Canada, rates of physical activity are low, with ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC April 2023
According to Statistics Canada, there are over 5.3 million people in British Columbia,[ 1 ] and nearly ... and the demand for prescriptions dropped dramatically.[ 3-5 ] Of the risks described in the Women’s Health Initiative ... acetate, those taking both hormones for longer than 5 years had a relative risk of 1.26 for developing breast ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jacqueline Maloney, PhD September 2023
... mental well-being during this challenging time; more than 5 decades of evidence has demonstrated that positive ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rohit Vijh, MD, MPH, CCFP January/February 2023
... can range from asymptomatic infection to severe.[ 5 ] Avian influenza viruses in circulation have an incubation ... period in humans of 2 to 10 days (with most averaging 2 to 5 days).[ 5 ] Who to test for avian influenza and report to public ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Patricia M. Massel, MD June 2023
... participated in this study, which represents between 5% and 10% of the physicians who are actively practising in ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Elisabeth Baerg Hall, MD, CCFP, FRCPC November 2023
... diagnostic rates still remain well below prevalence.[ 5 ] Awareness of ADHD in the general population has risen, ... symptoms that affect at least two areas of function.[ 5 ] A reliable primary care diagnosis of ADHD requires ... screening tool that has high specificity (99.5%) and moderate sensitivity (68.7%) in general population ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Stephen Lam, MD, FRCPC April 2023
... of lung cancer cases are diagnosed at stage 4, when the 5-year survival rate is less than 10%.[ 7 ] However, when lung cancers are diagnosed at stage 1, the 5-year survival rate is between 73% and 90%; hence the ... the Box . A 6-year lung cancer risk score greater than 1.5% is required to participate in the screening program. This ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: A. Cherukupalli, MD, MHSc September 2023
... in arachidonic acid biosynthesis. Through the COX-1 and 5-lipoxygenase pathways, there is an overproduction of ... emergency department and a higher rate of intubations.[ 5 ] Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis presents with ... have the disease.[ 8 ] NERD has a prevalence of 0.3% to 2.5%, and it is estimated that there are 1.5 million patients ...