WorkSafeBC /
BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM
November 2023
... of patients who have a workplace injury or illness.[ 1 , 2 ] Evidence shows that having conversations early and ...
News
January/February 2023
... coauthors, for his article “Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors: A new era of kidney care.” Mr Cau is a ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Tung Siu, MD, CCFP, ACBOM
May 2023
... to work after an injury or illness are well known.[ 1 , 2 ] Community family physicians are in a unique position to ... being able to watch a movie implies sitting tolerance of 2 hours. Likewise, being able to do dishes or mow the lawn ...
Back Page /
BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
September 2023
... assistance in dying (MAID) in Canada as of 17 March 2024.[ 2 ] Regrettably, neither of these options will be available ... under conditions the person considers acceptable.[ 2 ] My wife’s case history might help explain the problems ... then had live-in caregivers looking after her for almost 2 years. Her physical and mental deterioration was rapid. To ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM
December 2023
... marrow transplant recipients and asplenics. Over the next 2 years, the program expanded to residents of long-term care ... on the PPV23 product page in the BC Immunization Manual .[ 2 ] The PPV23 vaccine was designed to cover the majority of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Marshall Dahl, MD, PhD, FRCPC
January/February 2022
... because of lower potential of venous thromboembolism.[ 2 ] Transdermal estradiol may have a better safety profile ... years, tobacco use, body mass index greater than 27 kg/m 2 , and postoperative state. Initial history should also ... serum levels than injected testosterone [ Table 2 ].[ 6 ] Treatment of youth Medical treatment for ...
Premise /
BY: Karen Trollope-Kumar, MD, PhD, CCFP
April 2022
... that surround eating, body weight, and body shape[ 2 ] and include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, ... increasing capacity by 500% while reducing wait times from 2 or more weeks to within 24 hours. By employing the Careteam ...
News /
BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM)
July/August 2022
... they’ve decided to attend the emergency department. Part 2 outlines frequent patient frustrations, including wait ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Alessandro Cau, BSc (Hons)
November 2022
... system inhibitor, compared with those who were not.[ 2 ] However, since the first clinical trial demonstrating the ... trial of empagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2i), in patients with type 2 diabetes, empagliflozin use was unexpectedly found to be ...
Editorials, COVID-19 /
BY: Brian Day, MB
March 2022
... recommend their hospital and 40% were plagued by burnout.[ 2 ] In Saskatchewan alone (the birthplace of medicare in ...