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Premise / BY: Davie Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2025
... delivery has been the standard of care for over 2 decades in BC and has generated massive cost savings by ... infections, the value of OPAT needs to be re-evaluated.[ 2 ] Moreover, IV administration can be associated with ... (1) there is a safe and effective oral option, (2) the patient is able to swallow and absorb oral medication, ...
MDs To Be / BY: Ashini Dissanayake, BSc May 2025
... between 2011 and 2013 were not up to date on screening.[ 2 ] British Columbia operates a publicly funded cervical ... strongly agreeing that screening was important [ Figure 2 ]. After attending Papapalooza, post-Pap survey ... comfort, and perceived importance of screening [ Figure 2 ].  In the post-Pap survey, participants described the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC September 2025
... mental health emergency” with inequitable impacts.[ 1,2 ] Climate-related disasters like wildfires, hurricanes, and ... waves disrupt lives, communities, and access to the land.[ 2,3 ] Slow-moving disasters like rising sea levels and ... of future climate impacts further harms mental health.[ 2,3 ] As the primary driver of the climate crisis, poor air ...
Editorials / BY: Sepehr Khorasani, MD, MSc, FRCSC March 2025
... to be completed in a minimally invasive fashion.[ 2 ] Clinical benefits of robotic surgery are well known in ... primarily due to cost. The purchase price of a robot is $2–3 million, with additional costs of around $3500 per case ...
Original Research / BY: Tandi Wilkinson, MD, CCFP-EM, FCFP July/August 2025
... diagnostic imaging and definitive specialist care.[ 1,2 ] Additionally, the use of POCUS can reduce the volume of ... centres and ease the challenges of patient transport,[ 2-4 ] which is the largest barrier in practice for rural ... by the community and can be between half a day and 2 days. Residents and allied health practitioners can be ...
Letters / BY: Spencer Cleave, MD, CCFP November 2025
... physical abuse, emotional neglect, and sexual trauma.[ 1,2 ] This trauma contributes to profound attachment ...
Premise / BY: John A. Cairns, MD, FRCPC May 2025
... the patient’s response to given therapeutic agents.[ 2 ] Inherent to the strategy of precision medicine is the ... The ratio of doctors per 1000 population increased from 2.0 in 2000 to 2.7 by 2019, but the OECD average is 3.4, and Canada’s ...
Clinical Case Reports / BY: Sydney Sparanese, MD September 2025
... (inorganic arsenic), or carbon (organic arsenic).[ 1,2 ] Inorganic arsenic has been recognized as toxic since ... water and groundwater in Canada is very low, usually 1 to 2 μg/L.[ 7-9 ] However, localized high concentrations of ... distress, hepatotoxicity, neuropathy, and skin changes.[ 2,3 , 11,12 ] A symmetric, sensorimotor polyneuropathy that ...
Review Articles / BY: Marina Viñeta Páramo, MBBS December 2025
... in February. Virtually all children are infected by 2 years of age. The risk of severe RSV disease peaks within 3 months of birth.[ 2 ] Although most infants recover within a few days, ... bronchiolitis or pneumonia requiring hospitalization.[ 2 ] RSV immunization options In May 2024, the National ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Rebecca Z. Xu, MD March 2025
... opioid misuse and opioid-related overdose and mortality.[ 2 , 3 , 5-7 ] The prevalence of opioid misuse (i.e., the use ... as the probability of continuing use at 1 year and 2 years after first prescription. The relationship between ... long-term use [ Figure 1 ] . Non-long-term users In total, 2 899 755 prescriptions were associated with ...