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Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2018
... compared with upstream locations, from unknown sources.[ 2 ] The mercury poisoning continues to affect the health, ...
News December 2018
... 6 months after a previous birth, researchers found a 1.2% risk of maternal mortality or severe morbidity. Waiting 18 ...
Editorials / BY: Rona E. Cheifetz, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS March 2018
... to have a life expectancy similar to age-matched peers.[ 2 ] Improved survival is attributed to a combination of ... 1 of this theme issue, which dealt with diagnosis, Part 2 focuses on initial breast cancer treatment. In the first ...   Editorials Guest editorial: Breast cancer, Part 2: Issues in treatment ...
Editorials / BY: Rona E. Cheifetz, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS January/February 2018
... underestimate their personal breast cancer risk.[ 2 ] Either can affect a woman’s decision to pursue ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Eleni Galanis, MD, MPH, FRCPC April 2018
... she continues to have relapsing semiliquid stools every 2 days with abdominal pain and bloating. She is otherwise ... fever, and weight loss.[ 1 ] Symptoms typically last 2 weeks to 2 months, and often wax and wane in intensity. Biliary ...
Letters / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD October 2018
... so that they go directly to the readers’ hearts. About 2 years ago I asked the editors if a collection of some of ...
News January/February 2018
... in their final year reported being personally mistreated.[ 2 ] In 2016 the rate was 53%; in 2015 it was 50.6%.[ 3 ] Of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elizabeth Taylor, MD, FRCSC June 2018
... been reported to occur in 17% to 31% of pregnancies,[ 1 , 2 ] and is defined as a nonviable intrauterine pregnancy with ... saline infusion sonohysterography, hysteroscopy, 2-D and 3-D ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance imaging. ... autoantibodies: OR 3.90 for cohort studies (95% CI, 2.48-6.12); OR 1.80 for case-control studies (95% CI, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... who develops a mental illness in their lifetime.[ 2 ] Mental illness produces a tremendous burden in patient ... illness in Canada is estimated at $48 billion per year.[ 2 ] Between 25% and 50% of primary care patients have mental ... many Canadians do not receive any treatment at all.[ 2 ] According to the National Physician Survey, access to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC November 2018
The estimated global prevalence rate of type 2 diabetes is 8.8%,[ 1 ] with Indigenous people being disproportionally affected.[ 2 ] In Canada, the prevalence rate in Indigenous adults ... patients a second time within the subsequent 6 months to 2 years, depending on resources, and episodically thereafter. ...