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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah Dunn, MPH Practicum Student September 2022
... of adults in BC who are 65 years of age or older exceeded 1 million for the first time in 2021, and those who are over ... of age make up the fastest-growing age group in Canada.[ 1 ] These demographic trends will create additional pressures ... can return substantial cost savings; for every $1 spent on dietitian-led nutrition interventions, the health ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2022
... has had the oldest average age of mothers in Canada.[ 1 ] In 2016, the average age of a person giving birth in BC ... years; as of 2020, this average reached a new high of 32.1 years.[ 1 ] What’s most remarkable to me is that in a single ...
Premise / BY: Karen Trollope-Kumar, MD, PhD, CCFP April 2022
... much more prevalent since the COVID-19 pandemic began.[ 1 ] They are characterized by significant disturbances in ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB July/August 2022
... that mental illness cost our economy $51 billion in just 1 year. We pay to prevent patients from being treated, and ...
News / BY: Hali Stus March 2022
... of $2 million. Individual premiums start as low as $1 per month for $100 000 up to $26 per month for $2 ...
MDs To Be, COVID-19 / BY: Brooke Cheng May 2022
... and “You people are always causing problems!”[ 1 ] This story highlights the quintessential experience faced ... workers in Manitoba.[ 13 ] Most significantly, while only 1% of health care workers who did not identify as Asian reported experiences of racism during the surveyed 1-month period, a staggering 20% of Asian health care workers ...
Letters / BY: Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd, FRCPC September 2022
... transgender youth, and some are even openly malicious.”[ 1 ] If parents who support their child’s gender dysphoria ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP December 2022
... physical effects are women, the elderly, and children.[ 1 ] Individuals affected by flooding are at least 5 times ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marshall Dahl, MD, PhD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... Health criteria for treatment [ Box ] have been met.[ 1 ] The physician’s goal for endocrine therapy is to ... daily, risk of meningioma increased from 4.5 to 23.8 per 1 000 000 patient years compared to the control group.[ 5 ... or limiting the dose to no more than 12.5 mg daily [ Table 1 ].[ 6 ] Masculinizing endocrine treatment Testosterone ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Kotaska, MD April 2022
... as is the maternal immune response to those organisms.[ 1 ] Amniocentesis during preterm labor frequently detects ...