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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Abdullah Al Mamun, MBBS, MPH March 2022
... the risk of relapse or of antibiotic resistance.[ 1 , 2 ] There is increasing evidence that shorter durations of ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2022
... by a myriad of high performers and world leaders.[ 1 , 2 ] Flow experiences are those during which one’s sense of ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Cheryl Young, MD, CCFP January/February 2022
... as household pets, most commonly for heartworm and mites.[ 2 ] As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, a variety of existing ... in preventing and treating infection with SARS-CoV-2. When it was demonstrated early in the pandemic that, in vitro, high doses of ivermectin suppressed SARS-CoV-2 replication in a primate cell line,[ 3 ] numerous clinical ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD April 2022
... and to the values of health equity and social justice. [ 2 ] The Canadian Association of Community Health Centres is ... K. Chahal, MD Editorials Quest for Superdoc, Version 2.0 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: British Columbia COVID-19 Therapeutics Committee May 2022
... has been limited due to loss of activity against the BA.2 variant of Omicron. On 23 March 2022, due to increased drug ... being over 55 years of age or having a comorbidity.[ 1 , 2 ] Adults were offered treatment if they had mild to ... and 5.3% versus 0.7% for remdesivir ).[ 1 , 2 ] As Omicron causes less-severe disease than Delta and ...
Letters / BY: Ruth Habte, MD September 2022
... to young people (n = 43 713) at a cost of US$28 million.[ 2 ] The program demonstrated a reduction in teen pregnancy by ... in $70 million of estimated governmental savings.[ 2 ] In 2015, a Canadian cost model found roughly 180 000 ...
Billing Tips / BY: Janet Evans, MD December 2022
... and is not a benefit under the Plan” (Preamble A.2.vii.). It further defines the requirements of an adequate ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Jiwei Li, MD March 2022
... people living with frailty. It is projected that well over 2 million Canadians may be living with frailty within the next 10 years.[ 2 ] Scope of impact and prevention With increased ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Haile Zapata-Dixon June 2022
... of whom 4.9 million were returning Canadian residents.[ 2 ] Since 2015, transnational travel between Canada and ... (n = 41/620, 7%), and dengue (n = 18/620, 3%) [ Table 2 ]. Among travelers who required outpatient management, the ... most (71%) of the active tuberculosis exposures [ Table 2 ]: India (n = 50, 29%), China (n = 45, 26%), and the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP October 2022
... is also associated with low muscle quantity and quality.[ 2 ] This loss of muscle mass and strength is involuntary, age ... strength), with more emphasis on loss of muscle strength.[ 2 ] Pathological changes in this important metabolically ... risk and need for long-term care placement.[ 2 ] Recognition of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity by ...