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Editorials / BY: Terri Aldred, MD June 2025
... have distinct histories, cultures, and spiritual beliefs.[ 2 ] First Nations replaced the term Indian , which is still ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP October 2025
... know about this issue. Screen for malnutrition risk[ 2 ] using recommended validated tools (e.g., SCREEN-14, Mini ... for protein is 0.8 g/kg/day, most seniors require 1–1.2 g/kg/day due to poorer absorption and other medical ... be higher and wider for elderly people (e.g., 22–29 kg/m 2 ) than for younger adults (18.5–24.9 kg/m 2 ).[ 6 ] ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP April 2025
... 2022, 11.6% of British Columbians were living in poverty.[ 2 ] The negative health impacts of the toxic stress ... with disabilities are also disproportionately affected.[ 2 ] As a society, we have created the conditions that foster ... wages, and increased support for seniors and children.[ 2 ] Insecurity in all its forms takes an enormous health and ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD July/August 2025
... Canada, and numbers continue to rise in several provinces[ 2 ]—a stark contrast to the three reported cases in Canada in 2022.[ 2 ] Despite our immunization levels remaining high as a ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Alex Kilpatrick, MD, MPH, CCFP January/February 2025
... and enhancing access to comprehensive postpartum care.[ 2 ] Family physicians are pivotal in bridging the care gap ... diabetes have seven times the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.[ 4 ] Given that approximately 20% of women will ...
Original Research / BY: Amrish Joshi, MBBS, MSc Pal Med, LLM, CCFP (PC), FCFP, FRCPC June 2025
... between patients and health care providers [ Table 2 ] . Quotations that illustrate these themes are attributed ...
Original Research / BY: Octavian Turner October 2025
... Interior Health, Northern Health, and Island Health.[ 2 ] Transplant evaluation begins with a referral from the ... were a historically high number of transplants in 2023.[ 2 ] Nontransplanted patients, including those declined or ... transplant evaluation process. Internal interviews Table 2 summarizes key barriers and proposed solutions identified ...
Letters / BY: Karleen Gribble March 2025
... has risen, but it presents a variety of difficulties,[ 2,3 ] and this article is no exception. When a stillbirth ...
Editorials / BY: Sepehr Khorasani, MD, MSc, FRCSC November 2025
... ovarian cancer, particularly serous ovarian cancer.[ 2,3 ] As there is no effective screening for ovarian cancer, ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Angela Hu, MD, FRCPC January/February 2025
... pay gaps persist universally across all specialties,[ 2 ] despite a shift in gender distribution of the medical ... in 2015, and their numbers have been increasing since.[ 2 ] In Ontario, the gender income gap for rheumatologists ... favor of men for gross fee-for-service payments in 2016.[ 2 ] In British Columbia, the Medical Services Commission of ...