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Letters / BY: Brian Conway, MD, FRCPC July/August 2022
... in Canada and a mentor to many of us. In his Table 2, I would like to point out an omission to his summary of ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD November 2022
... Society (STEPS) community health centre (CHC)[ 1 , 2 ] in September 2021, and my overall experience has been ...
Letters / BY: Roger Purnell, MBChB, FRCSC March 2022
... factors appear to include (1) misguided patient demand, (2) a lack of knowledge of indications for advanced imaging on ... MRIs.” Letters Re: Unnecessary musculoskeletal MRIs (2) ...
MDs To Be, COVID-19 / BY: Brooke Cheng May 2022
... and microaggressions at work and in public settings.[ 2 , 3 ] While this story may surprise some, it is just one of ... the situation as being caused by the “Chinese virus.”[ 2 , 6 , 7 ] This phenomenon transcends borders, occurring ... with environments and individuals exposed to COVID-19.[ 2 , 7 ] The manifestations of this fear have been numerous ...
Letters / BY: Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd, FRCPC September 2022
... processes. In their guest editorial for Part 2 of the Gender-affirming care in BC series, Dr Knudson, Dr ... the UK’s Cass Review outlines some of these concerns.[ 2 ] Related articles also fail to address the sharp rise in ... editorial: Gender-affirming care in British Columbia, Part 2.” Read the guest editors’ response in “Guest editors ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP December 2022
... floodwater depth have even higher odds of both outcomes.[ 2 ] Repeat flooding events lead to a higher prevalence of ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Jocelyn Y. Wong October 2022
... propagated that antibodies that recognize the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein could cross-react with placental proteins ... fear of placental damage with COVID-19 vaccination.[ 2 ] Since then, the original blog post has been taken down, ... in The Lancet followed 65 patients positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and 195 matched patients negative for SARS-CoV-2 ...
News January/February 2022
... access to the resource through a health authority. Within 2 weeks, they will receive an email with details on how to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ava Azhir, BSc Pharm, ACPR May 2022
... home administration and outpatient infusion centres.[ 2-4 ] In 1978, Dr Grant Stiver reported on the first Canadian ... complications, and improving patient quality of life.[ 2 ] Over the decades, the use of outpatient antimicrobial ... is highly cost-effective for the health care system.[ 2 ] At Surrey Memorial Hospital and the Jim Pattison ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Braedon Aujla, BSc September 2022
... 000 reported wildlife–vehicle collisions each year.[ 1 , 2 ] However, the actual number of wildlife–vehicle ... wildlife densities all influence collision occurrence.[ 2 , 7 ] Many roads in north-central British Columbia wind ... wildlife–vehicle collisions, 210 injured victims, and 2 deaths per year.[ 14 ] Data from the Insurance Corporation ...