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Letters / BY: Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd, FRCPC September 2022
... to family. The failure to mention the weak evidence for medical gender affirmation is of significant concern. Based ... risks outweigh potential benefits and now tightly regulate medical interventions for youth under 18, in favor of ... (and gender dysphoria persistent).[ 6 ] Further, the article avoids discussion of whether youth are capable of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Emily Wiesenthal, BA March 2022
... (0.3% to 0.6%) chooses to undergo gender-affirming medical interventions.[ 2 ] Since some medical and surgical gender-affirming therapies can reduce ... Fertility options for every LGBTQ family out there [article] ...
News September 2022
Dr Giselle Hunt Ms Elsie Wang The BC Medical Journal welcomes submissions from BC medical students ... MacDermot Prize for Excellence in Medical Journalism: Best article or essay is Dr Giselle Hunt, for her article “Endometriosis: An update on diagnosis and medical ...
MDs To Be / BY: Alessandro Cau, BSc (Hons) November 2022
... SGLT2i confer renoprotection is beyond the scope of this article. In brief, emerging evidence implicates SGLT2i across ... at a lower eGFR were being conducted at the time this article was written. Similarly, SGLT2i are not recommended ... during bouts of prolonged fasting, surgeries, or critical medical illness.[ 34 , 35 ] At the time of writing, there are ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) May 2022
... of two family physicians practising at Eagle Creek Medical Clinic in View Royal.[ 2 ] The husband-and-wife team ... I don’t know how else to say it.” In the same article, clinic director Dr David Ward said, “But we’re ... physician burnout. The patient profile for the Eagle Creek Medical Clinic vacancy may also dissuade incoming physicians. ...
Letters / BY: Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd, FRCPC October 2022
... to family. The failure to mention the weak evidence for medical gender affirmation is of significant concern. Based ... risks outweigh potential benefits and now tightly regulate medical interventions for youth under 18, in favor of ... (and gender dysphoria persistent).[ 6 ] Further, the article avoids discussion of whether youth are capable of ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... care. You’ll find further details on this topic in an article I co-wrote for the March 2021 issue of the BCMJ , ... In the summer of 2021, I worked with a second-year UBC medical student (a summer student from the BC Patient Safety ... powerful new assessment tool. —Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC Medical Lead, Allergy Clinic Clinical Assistant Professor, ...
Obituaries / BY: Jack and Ruth Albrecht September 2022
... of the Oxford University Musical Club. Following his medical training, and at the end of the war, he served as a medical officer with the Royal Air Force in occupied Germany ... (perhaps in the 1990s), I ran into Bill reading a journal article in the lounge, which also served as the hospital ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Troy Grennan, MD, DTM&H, MSc, FRCPC October 2022
... public health control measures in British Columbia. This article provides guidance to primary care providers on when, ... includes droplet and contact precautions (gown, gloves, medical mask, and eye protection). This will also provide ... frequent hand and respiratory hygiene (including wearing a medical mask if out in public). Lesions should be covered ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM December 2022
... Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Q: Can I speak to a medical advisor at WorkSafeBC about my patient’s WorkSafeBC ... claim via the RACE line? A: Yes. You can reach a medical advisor via the RACE app or call 604 696-2131 or 1 ... Medical Services Manager, WorkSafeBC Correction:  This article has been revised. Authors provided the highlighted ...