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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Michael R. Lyon, MD, ABOM December 2021
Like type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes has long been considered a progressive, incurable ... disease and neuropathy.[ 1 ] The assumption that type 2 diabetes is irreversible is supported by the strong ... impact on morbidity and mortality for those with type 2 diabetes is rather grim and in excess of many cancers. The ...
Letters, COVID-19 / BY: Tonia Tauh, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... extended their gap between the first and second doses.[ 2 , 3 ] The United Kingdom approached vaccination with a ... what was seen in clinical trials: protection begins around 2 weeks after dose 1 and is sustained thereafter for the ... if the extended gap is found to put those waiting for dose 2 at excessive risk, then a shorter interval would need to be ...
News, COVID-19 June 2021
... has been shown to prevent viral activity against SARS-CoV-2 in some lab-based studies, and researchers hypothesize that ...
MDs To Be / BY: Tristan Jeffery, BSc October 2021
... the concept of Two-Eyed Seeing in a Western setting.[ 2 ] Specifically, Two-Eyed Seeing “refers to learning to ... both of these eyes together for the benefit of all.”[ 2 ] Elder Albert Marshall emphasizes that Two-Eyed Seeing ... than Western in certain situations and vice versa.[ 2 ] It brings together two ways of knowing to allow a diverse ...
News January/February 2021
... and Referral in Primary Care Prostate Cancer Part 2: Follow-up in Primary Care CT Prioritization MRI ...
Obituaries / BY: John W. Perry, MD, and family December 2021
... and sustained her for the rest of her life. Over the last 2 years Kathleen suffered with the many side effects of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Konia Trouton, MD, CCFP, MPH, FCFP January/February 2020
... in dying (MAID) became legal in Canada in June 2016.[ 2 ] Because MAID is a relatively new treatment option, it is ... support. Vancouver Island experience In the first 2 years after MAID became legal, assisted deaths on Vancouver ... were also invited to participate in an in-person, 2-hour focus group. After only one recipient expressed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David Sanders, MD June 2020
... the lamina propria and replaced the glands [ Figure 2 ]. Scattered lymphoepithelial lesions were identified. ... level of 187 IU/L, creatinine of 74 μmol/L, and beta-2 microglobulin of 2.4 mcg/mL. Her serum protein electrophoresis showed a ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Brandon Tang, MD, MSc September 2020
... cases in Canada had occurred in only three provinces,[ 2 ] there may be a need for physician deployment and ...
Letters / BY: Marisa Ponzo, MD-PhD, FRCPC April 2020
... and long-term sequelae. Two recent Canadian publications[ 2 , 3 ] have highlighted the importance of screening at-risk ... comprising a substantial proportion of the population.[ 2 ] Other risk factors for SCARs in individuals prescribed ...