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Letters / BY: Spencer Cleave, MD, CCFP November 2025
... physical abuse, emotional neglect, and sexual trauma.[ 1,2 ] This trauma contributes to profound attachment ...
Clinical Articles, Clinical Images / BY: Karen Letourneau, CRGS March 2025
... lesion without obvious urine or bile discharge [Figure 1] . The child was otherwise well. The differential diagnosis ... and a cord-like structure that tapered off approximately 1 cm deep to the umbilical skin. Histologically, benign ... commonly associated with an enteric Meckel diverticulum.[ 1-3 ] Sonographically, an umbilical polyp appears as a ...
Obituaries / BY: Jon Wiggens May 2025
... Nanaimo, BC, on 10 March 2025 at age 85. Bryan was born on 1 June 1939 in Marton, New Zealand, to Jean Paterson Wiggens ...
President's Comment / BY: Charlene Lui, MD September 2025
... Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action[ 1 ]—particularly those focused on health, #18–24. ...
Clinical Case Reports / BY: Sukhdeep Jatana, MDCM December 2025
... bacterium with a characteristic tetrad morphology.[ 1,2 ] It is technically part of the Clostridium genus and is ... gastric emptying, with cases of perforation also noted.[ 1 ] We describe the case of a patient who had gastric wall ... A CT scan of the abdomen was performed [ Figure 1 ] in the context of the recent motor vehicle accident and ...
MDs To Be / BY: Catherine Joanne Binda, MD April 2025
... to promote social accountability in medical training.[ 1-4 ] The field of refugee health offers an opportunity for ... 6 ] and an understanding of the health advocate role.[ 1 ] Health advocates support “patients in navigating the ... families were accessing a median of 4 out of 10 (range: 1 to 7) community resources highlighted by the Vulnerability ...
Obituaries / BY: Gaylene Vickery June 2025
... from UBC’s Faculty of Medicine in 1960 and completed a 1-year internship in family medicine at Vancouver General ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP October 2025
... as more evidence links nutrition to frailty, sarcopenia,[ 1 ] and overall health in older adults. Malnutrition is a ... for protein is 0.8 g/kg/day, most seniors require 1–1.2 g/kg/day due to poorer absorption and other medical ...
Premise / BY: Davie Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2025
... hospitalizations and minimizing nosocomial complications.[ 1 ] However, with a growing body of literature that has ... In my practice, I follow the same set of principles: (1) there is a safe and effective oral option, (2) the patient ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM May 2025
... mosquitoes collected in Kern County, California.[ 1 ] Human cases of CSG virus infection were initially ... is usually 3 to 7 days. An early symptomatic phase lasting 1 to 4 days may manifest as fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, ... as relapsing fever serology. Cerebrospinal fluid (1–2 mL): should be collected in each of two tubes, without ...