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Beyond Medicine / BY: Annukka K. Lindell, PhD March 2025
... doctors and scientists don’t show a left-cheek bias.[ 4,5 ] Given that the two sides of the face typically appear ... in right-cheek portraits do appear more scientific;[ 5 ] indeed, identical models are seen to look more like ... ] while right-cheek portraits appear more scientific.[ 5 ] Although the majority of portraits show a left-cheek ...
MDs To Be / BY: Taewoong Chae, MD September 2025
... and patients, and perceived empathy of care providers.[ 5 ] The interpersonal skills of care providers[ 6,7 ] and ... Excel was used to adjust responses so that a score of 5 indicated a strongly satisfied response, while a score of 1 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jia Hu, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC December 2025
... vaccines. For children 2 months to less than 5 years of age who are starting or completing a primary ... the BCCDC avian influenza Q&A for immunization providers.[ 5 ] BOX 2. BC’s human avian influenza vaccine eligibility. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM May 2025
... frequency observed in Quebec, based on surveillance data.[ 5 ] How are CSG viruses transmitted?  CSG viruses are ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP October 2025
... side effects. Any significant weight changes (more than 5% over 6–12 months) must be investigated to rule out other ... sarcopenia). Weight loss can portend increased mortality.[ 5-7 ] Hence, weight change may be a better indicator for ... people (e.g., 22–29 kg/m 2 ) than for younger adults (18.5–24.9 kg/m 2 ).[ 6 ] Higher BMI allows more reserve in ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Rebecca Z. Xu, MD March 2025
... of long-term opioid therapy has been reported to be 5.4% in the United States and 17.6% in Canada.[ 5,6 ] Within most populations and health care settings, the ... misuse and opioid-related overdose and mortality.[ 2 , 3 , 5-7 ] The prevalence of opioid misuse (i.e., the use of ...
Original Research / BY: Tandi Wilkinson, MD, CCFP-EM, FCFP July/August 2025
... in practice for rural emergency department practitioners.[ 5 ] Furthermore, patients’ satisfaction with care improves ... on the ferry—like, brutal. And I could tell you, like in 5 minutes, [that the baby was alive].” (Physician) “My ... a magician sometimes to be able to see inside. And like in 5 seconds you can see a problem, which it would [instead] ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC December 2025
... promote satiety, and dampen blood-glucose spikes.[ 5 ] Free sugars are what the World Health Organization (WHO) ... less than 10% of their total energy intake, ideally under 5%.[ 6 ] One useful tool for reducing excess sugar is ... (total sugars), along with a daily percentage value: 5% or less is “a little” and 15% or more is considered ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP April 2025
... $4 to $7 in economic impacts would be generated.[ 5 ] The 2017 Ontario Basic Income Pilot demonstrated improved ...
Original Research / BY: Octavian Turner October 2025
... for patients in remote and resource-limited areas.[ 3-5 ] Programs in other regions have adopted day-case ... 143 days (IQR: 80,269) for outpatients and 8 days (IQR: 5,13) for inpatients [ Table 1 ] . Overall, outpatients ... wait times in Interior and Island Health approximately 5 months longer than in Vancouver Coastal Health. The absence ...