News
March 2019
... considerably. In a large US population-based study, nearly 4% of women self-reported using cannabis within the past ... use rates were highest during the first trimester (7.4%) and lowest during the third trimester (1.8%). Most ...
Letters /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2019
... history of mercury poisoning in Ontario and Japan.[ 4 ] A letter in response to this article pointed out that ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC
December 2019
... that assess the proportion of the breast that is dense[ 4 ] are also common, and automated systems producing ... or more than 15 mm, and lymph node involvement (Objective 4). The 2011 to 2015 data collection period was chosen so ... likely in BI-RADS category A (5.3%) than category B (9.4%), category C (10.5%), and category D (10.7%). When 62 887 ...
Editorials /
BY: Brian Day, MB
May 2019
... “Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.”[ 4 ] Clearly, not everyone with a headache needs an MRI. But ...
News
October 2019
... antibiotics, such as Ciprofloxacin or Cipro, face a 2.4 times greater risk of developing aortic and mitral ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Maxwell Moor-Smith, BSc
January/February 2019
... trees and has since spread to North American oak trees.[ 4 , 5 ] Death caps are now found increasingly in urban ... trees that had been planted by the city in the 1960s.[ 4 ] Since these first specimens were collected, there have ... which have been mostly nonnative, broad-leaf trees.[ 4 , 5 ] This association may have limited the mushroom’s ...
Premise /
BY: Andre C. Piver, MD, FCFP
June 2019
... skills,” published in the Canadian Family Physician .[ 4 ] I also strongly recommend listening to the episode of ...
Premise /
BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC
December 2019
... 3 ] as well for use in palliative care settings.[ 4 ] Mycology review Fungi is the generic term for the group ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: David J. Rhine, MD, FRCPC
March 2019
... no longer recommended for an indefinite period of time.[ 4 ] After an initial 24 to 48 hours of rest, the worker ... management is recommended. Occupational therapists have a 4-P strategy for assisting return to work: prioritize, pace, ...
President's Comment /
BY: Kathleen Ross, MD
September 2019
... after I am off call, after I have gotten through the 4 to 5 hours of patients booked in my office and caught up on ...