Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
April 2025
... preterm births than those in other medical specialties.[ 4 ] The study called for culture change to make workplaces ... pregnancy or supervising physicians of reproductive age.[ 4 ] The faces of infertility are as varied as physicians ... may feel guilt about inconveniencing their colleagues.[ 4 ] Canadian Fertility Awareness Week is 20–26 April 2025. ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC
September 2025
... is predicted to cost US$47 billion per year by 2030.[ 4 ] Populations impacted by changes to the land, such as ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Ali Okhowat, MD, MPH, CCFP
January/February 2025
... driven by an immune response to an inhaled antigen.[ 4 ] In sooty bark disease, these antigens are C. corticale ... rare, with an annual incidence of one to two per 100 000.[ 4 ] Sooty bark disease is even more rare—we found five ...
Premise /
BY: Davie Wong, MD, FRCPC
June 2025
... describing his encounter at a local emergency department.[ 4 ] He received a 7-day course of antibiotics for a minor ... are inherently weird, and should generally be avoided: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 days. Also, 3.14159265 days.[ 5 ] The ... in the blanks? Most of us would likely answer 10 days and 4 weeks, but why? Do these number sequences serve a ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
November 2025
... physicians, 40% were specialists, 17% were retired, and 4% were students. The majority (57%) were between 35 and 64 ...
Original Research /
BY: Amina Moustaqim-Barrette, MSc
April 2025
... regions, as well as the cities of Vancouver and Richmond.[ 4 ] Thirty-five (47%) are operated by the health authority; ... the pandemic. All analyses were conducted using R, version 4.3.1.[ 12 ] Study-specific ethics approval was waived by the ... ( n = 338) [ Table 2 ] . Even though the rate during wave 4 increased by 4.0 percentage points over that of wave 3, ...
Letters /
BY: Deena Case, MD
July/August 2025
... at least an undergraduate program prior to entry into the 4-year medical school. Many students complete additional ...
Clinical Case Reports /
BY: Sukhdeep Jatana, MDCM
December 2025
... is normally found as spores in soil, water, and air,[ 4 ] and it causes similar gastrointestinal presentations in ... can persist despite antimicrobial treatment, even up to 4 weeks after treatment,[ 12 ] repeat ...
Premise /
BY: A. Wellar
May 2025
... creation of a coordinated substance use system of care.[ 4,5 ] Frontline health care providers agreed and highlighted ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Arianne Albert, PhD
October 2025
... broadly, including deaths indirectly related to COVID-19,[ 4 ] in a timely way. However, estimating excess mortality ... disparities in excess mortality estimates during the first 4 years of the pandemic. Males generally experienced higher ...