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Clinical Articles /
BY: Patricia Caddy, MD
October 2018
... a complex neurobehavioral illness recognized in the DSM-5 . Opioid use disorder is characterized not only by negative ... after undertaking Suboxone training as another barrier.[ 5 ] Other barriers frequently identified were a lack of local ... 7 , 9-11 ] a lack of time (and space) in a busy practice,[ 5 , 7-9 , 11 ] fear of misuse and diversion of the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2018
... now stands at 16 per 100 000 in BC. The age-standardized 5-year relative survival ratio for 2006 to 2008 was 88% ... in younger women and those with dense breast tissue.[ 5 ] Evidence for screening mammography The evidence for ... positive predictive value in the SMP for first screens was 5.2% and for subsequent screens was 7.0%, values that both ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Matt Kurrek, MD, FRCPC
December 2018
... endoscopy for gastrointestinal problems. Over that past 5 years the use of procedural sedation has increased, and so ... was respiratory insufficiency, which led to 27 deaths, 5 cases of hypoxic brain injury, and 12 cases of respiratory ... depression that responded to treatment. In the remaining 5 of 49 cases, one patient suffered a seizure, one suffered ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Marc Jutras, BBA, UBC Medicine, Class of 2018
March 2017
... in subsequent editions, including the current DSM-5 , published in 2013.[ 3 ] With theoretical frameworks and a ... cognitions and emotions underlying mental disorders.[ 5,6 ] When combined with principles of behaviorism, this ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Tania Morrison, MHSc, RD
June 2017
... of depression, distress, and social isolation.[ 1,5 ] Among children and youth, food insecurity is associated ...
Premise /
BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd
November 2017
... only. Students studied 14 hours a day, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the classroom and then in the evening when Mr Kumar ... a book in his life, and writing one page could take 5 hours. He had help from a writing team: Mr Arun Kumar, a ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Damon Ramsey, MD
December 2017
... and commerce has simply not happened in health care.[ 5 ] A 2013 RAND and American Medical Association study of ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Jay Slater, MD
January/February 2017
... it offers little benefit in osteoarthritic and back pain.[ 5 ] NSAIDs and COX-2 inhibitors must be used with extreme ...
News
April 2017
... of a telephone survey” ( http://cmajopen.ca/content/5/1/E40.full ). News Older Canadians skip meds, risk ...