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News / BY: Julie Kwan, BBA, CFP, CLU, GBA October 2021
... BC insurance advisor 1 year after starting a practice and 2 years thereafter. If you have the Guaranteed Insurability ... and disability benefits may be your only source of income, 2) the medical costs associated with a disability can be ...
Letters / BY: Susan M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, MAS January/February 2021
... affected, as highlighted by Dr Dunne’s editorial.[ 2 ] In addition to the financial burdens of infertility ...
News April 2021
... fellowship at the University of British Columbia. He spent 2 years designing health care systems with Indiana University ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ray Markham, MB ChB, MRCGP, FCFP December 2021
... with a particular focus on First Nations priorities[ 2 ] (we use BC to refer to a geography, and acknowledge that ... equity-focused way. The Partnership Pentagram+ model[ 2 , 6 ] [ Figure 1 ] was used to inform meaningful ... organizations involved in building healthy communities.[ 2 ] By aligning with the Partnership Pentagram+ model, health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Luke Witherspoon, MD, MSc March 2021
... men (500 000) in the United States undergo a vasectomy.[ 2 ] In Canada, approximately 15% of men have the procedure, ... vasoepididymostomy (LIVE) technique [ Figure 2 ]. It involves microscopic identification of an area above ... can expect to have sperm return to ejaculate approximately 2 to 6 months following repair if it is successful,[ 28 ] and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC May 2021
... toxicity deaths in BC in December 2020 and January 2021.[ 2 ] Benzodiazepines and etizolam enhance the action of the ... profound CNS depression. Symptom onset occurs in 0.5 to 2 hours. Symptom duration can vary depending on the agent and ... very difficult to treat.[ 4 ] Xylazine is a partial alpha-2-adreneric agonist pharmacologically related to clonidine. ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Brandon Tang, MD, MSc September 2021
... have been recognized as essential front-line workers.[ 2 ] However, the unique position of residents as both ... their employment is temporary, lasting anywhere from 2 to 8 years; they are geographically distributed, often ...
Joint Collaborative Committees / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC December 2021
... steady use by clinically courageous physicians[ 2 ] in low-resource settings across 91 communities. ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Nickie Mathew, MD, MSc, ABPN, FRCPC, ABPM January/February 2021
... reduced earnings due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[ 2 ] John Doe said, “The addicts got [CERB] too, and most of ... After the initiation of safe supply, it went down to $2 a tablet. He believes that the hydromorphone prescribed in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sanya Ranchal, BSc April 2021
... of ectopic pregnancy is estimated to be approximately 2% of all pregnancies, it is one of the most common ... maternal mortality in the first trimester.[ 2 ] Thus, timely diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy is essential ... with ectopic pregnancy have identifiable risk factors.[ 2 ] Thus, it is critical to maintain a high index of ...