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Clinical Articles /
BY: Antonia Hyman, MSc
April 2020
... of stereotypes and racist attitudes all play a part.[ 1 , 2 ] One outcome of colonization is a lack of emphasis on ... improved services and support for Indigenous patients.[ 2-5 ] Specifically, UNDRIP article 24.1 states: Indigenous ...
News, COVID-19
July/August 2020
... are the infant series, including the doses beginning at 2 months of age, and the 12-month doses. Physicians who do ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Alan Woodland
October 2020
... that they expect to continue driving after age 80.[ 2 ] For family, friends, and health care providers, this ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Henry Lau, RD
January/February 2020
... have limited reach because of stigma and other barriers.[ 2 ] Research shows only 21% of food-insecure households ... financial resources is a more effective solution.[ 2-4 ] Resources exist to support physicians in discussions ...
Premise /
BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
May 2020
... reserved for family or good friends. Social distance (2 to 3 metres), when meeting strangers. Public distance (more ...
MDs To Be, COVID-19 /
BY: Leilynaz Malekafzali, BSc
September 2020
... caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) started in the city of Wuhan, China, in December 2019.[ 1 ... cases and 343 514 deaths globally by 26 May 2020.[ 2 ] Based on previous experience with the SARS 2003 epidemic ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Sympascho Young, MD
December 2020
... dramatically increased from 144 in 2009 to 1487 in 2018.[ 2 ] Most of this increase occurred in Eastern Canada: 88% of ... cases in 2018 were from Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia.[ 2 ] In BC, the trend is reversed: the number of reported ... from a peak of 40 (0.8 per 100 000) in 2016 to 9 (0.2 per 100 000) in 2018.[ 3 ] Nonetheless, risk modeling ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Matthew Boroditsky, BHSc
March 2020
... and cardiac outflow tract anomalies.[ 1 , 2 ] DiGeorge syndrome was later grouped with other ... G/BBB syndrome, and Cayler cardiofacial syndrome).[ 1 , 2 ] With the advent of cytogenetic testing in the 1980s and ... microdeletion was identified in all these syndromes: 22q11.2 deletion. The condition now known as 22q11.2 deletion ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Derin Karacabeyli, MD
July/August 2020
... worldwide, posing a major public health challenge.[ 1 , 2 ] Childhood obesity is complex, with several factors ... and environmental change) the evidence-based Live-5-2-1-0 message: 5 vegetables and fruits every day. 2 hours at most of recreational screen time a day. 1 hour at ...