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Clinical Articles / BY: Rahel Zewude, MD May 2022
... 1 ] However, in 2021, screening rates began to normalize.[ 2 ] STI clinics have resumed services and continue to provide ... urine, ideally without having voided in the preceding 1 to 2 hours, as well as on swabs of the cervix, vagina, throat, ... of oral azithromycin 1000 mg to cover chlamydia [ Table 2 ]. With rising antibiotic resistance in gonorrhea strains, ...
Obituaries / BY: Felix Durity, MD December 2022
... 10 years, head of the Canadian Neurosurgical Society for 2 years, and president of the Western Neurosurgical and North ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Emily Wiesenthal, BA March 2022
... and 40% to 54% of TGD people desire to be parents.[ 1 , 2 ] Overall, a small but important proportion of the Canadian ... to undergo gender-affirming medical interventions.[ 2 ] Since some medical and surgical gender-affirming ... even had their competency as parents called into question.[2] While the right to access fertility services regardless of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maggie Wong, PharmD, ACPR June 2022
... pneumonia treatment ranged from 7 to 10 days;[ 2 ] however, new data suggest that shorter durations of ... They were randomly assigned to receive antibiotics until 2 days after resolution of fever, leukocytosis, and ileus ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC October 2022
... under the Criminal Code.[ 1 ] It was not until 1969[ 2 ] that the government decriminalized contraception and ... a landmark decision for reproductive rights for women.”[ 2 ] However, the battle for access to a safe abortion did not ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ingrid Cosio, MD, CCFP January/February 2022
... unemployment, homelessness, harassment, and violence.[ 2 , 4 ] Gender-diverse people report barriers to accessing ... can indicate that gender-diverse people are welcome [ Box 2 ]. Intake forms and electronic medical records can also be ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Sukhmeet Singh Sachal, MPH July/August 2022
... Columbia recently announced the Anti-Racism Data Act.[ 2 ] The goal of this Act is to identify gaps in service ...
Letters / BY: Vaclav Hyrman, MD, FRCPC December 2022
... it with “a sort of ecstasy of curiosity and hope”[ 2 ] of earlier years. —Vaclav Hyrman, MD, FRCPC Vancouver ...
News / BY: Hali Stus March 2022
... coverage, in $100 000 increments up to the maximum of $2 million. Individual premiums start as low as $1 per month for $100 000 up to $26 per month for $2 million. Family premiums are slightly higher as your spouse ...
Obituaries / BY: Mary Conley, MD June 2022
... life to the fullest. That’s what she wanted. Gail did a 2-year residency in New Zealand and loved the country so much ...