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Beyond Medicine / BY: Jacob L. Stubbs, BKin May 2019
... Insite stayed in this 8 to 10 overdoses per day range for 2 years, with spikes during which it got worse. And in the past 2 years it’s just continued to worsen. From my perspective, ... and called for funding. Three more sites started within 2 weeks—all peer run without embedded clinical support. It ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Heather Wray, MD, CCFP(SEM) September 2019
... and empathy for the challenges patients face.”[ 1-2 ] Ergo, it is in the best interests of physicians and ...
MDs To Be / BY: Yue Bo Yang, BSc December 2019
... international collaborative effort costing US$3 billion.[ 2 ] Today, it can be completed for US$1000 in under 24 hours[ ... Huntington disease or a high index of suspicion for BRCA1/2 mutations. Otherwise, patients may access fee-based ... 8 ] In effect, similar to how the identification of BRCA1/2 mutation carriers led to prophylactic mastectomy and ...
Obituaries / BY: Theresa Metzger, BSc January/February 2019
... BC, passed away peacefully, embraced by his family, on 2 November 2018. Born in Manchester, England, Neil attended ... After also working as a doctor in Swansea, Wales, for 2 years, Neil and his family immigrated to Quesnel, BC, in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH April 2019
... TB from progressing to the active, infectious state.[ 2 ] Although active TB incidence has generally declined over ... (5.1/100 000 population compared to 4.8/100 000).[ 2 ] TB also disproportionately affects persons with comorbid ... the current plan, members of the TBSC came together over 2 days to reprioritize and streamline the objectives noted in ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Michelle Tan, MD, CCFP, MBA June 2019
... completed an inpatient residential addiction program. For 2 hours per day, 4 days per week, the program includes group ...
MDs To Be / BY: Azzra Mangalji, MD October 2019
... and improve outcomes at all levels of the system.”[ 1 , 2 ] Thus far, the medical community has started to adopt ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD May 2019
... 44% of those who died were employed at the time of death.[ 2 , 3 ] The National Institute for Occupational Safety and ... a schedule of opioid follow-up reviews. During the past 2 years WorkSafeBC content experts have been delivering an ... the following evening workshops, with dinner included: 2 May in Kelowna 24 May in Nanaimo 31 May in Prince George 20 ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC December 2019
... breast cancer risk for more than a decade after use.”[ 2-4 ] These headlines might entice readers, but they ... reads, “double the risk of dying” (a relative risk of 2.0) might actually be referring to an absolute risk of 1% going up to 2%. In this UK study, the relative risk conveys how often the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David J. Rhine, MD, FRCPC March 2019
... arose from the Berlin Conference of October 2016;[ 1 , 2 ] and the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation’s Guidelines for ... of activity at which symptoms appear and peak no more than 2 out of 10 above their baseline symptoms. The doctor can ...