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News January/February 2020
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS June 2020
... all the best practices in effective online instruction,[ 4 ] and we apply continuous quality improvement processes to ... clerkship (core and elective rotations, years 3 and 4) have been placed on hold for all medical students. This is ... learning experience projects, which normally occur in year 4. The exact timing of clerkship reinstatement remains ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2020
... female surgeons compared to the general population.[ 3 , 4 ] These rates were attributed to the reproductive hazards ... to radiation, surgical smoke, and anesthetic gases.[ 4 ] The authors concluded that remediation of this issue ... exposure rather than restricting surgeons’ activity.”[ 4 ] In another recent article, “Physician fertility: A call ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP March 2020
... malnutrition, hypertension, and cardiac events.[ 3 , 4 ] In addition, much of the existing health infrastructure ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sympascho Young, MD December 2020
... of complications such as infection and lead dislodgement.[ 4 ] Lyme carditis pathophysiology Lyme carditis is believed ... inflammatory response within the cardiac tissues.[ 4 ] Borrelia spp. appear to have a tropism for cardiac ... of 1.5% to 10.0% in the United States and 0.3% to 4.0% in Europe among adult patients with untreated Lyme ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Drona Rasali, PhD, FACE May 2020
... in the prevention and management of chronic diseases.[ 4 ] Canadian adults 20 years and older who were surveyed with ... inform practice, program, and policy planning.[ 4 ] Recently we introduced an indicator measuring ... align health care services with holistic patient needs.[ 4 ] This also underscores the importance of monitoring ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brett Baumann, MD October 2020
... in particular among younger individuals. In 2017, 15.4% of Canadians aged 15 years and older (4.6 million) reported having tried an e-cigarette, and 2.9% ... days, while 12% of students stated that they vaped daily.[ 4 ] Multiple case series were published in autumn 2019 when ...
Premise / BY: Kelly Anne Cox, MD, MPH May 2019
... $75 for a copper IUD to $325 to $400 for a hormonal IUD.[ 4 ] In comparison, the cheapest oral birth control available ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC October 2019
... rate of mental health conditions on Vancouver Island.[ 4 ] Equally alarming is the steady rise in depression and ... of 24.3% with the considerably lower 1992 rate of 3.7%.[ 4 ] A recent Canadian study showed that the rise in mental ... Mindfulness approach to difficult thoughts (MBCT). Session 4. Cognitive therapy (CBT). Session 5. Introduction to ...
MDs To Be / BY: Yue Bo Yang, BSc December 2019
... therapy has focused on using tumor-specific antigens[ 4 ] elucidated by sequencing as the targets of biologic ... on the market; however, it is only applicable to the 4% to 5% of the patient population who are homozygous for the ...