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MDs To Be / BY: Raiya Suleman, BHSc May 2021
... projected to continue expanding over coming decades. As of 2018, individuals age 65 and older made up 17.4% of the ... a social network.[ 2 , 3 ] Social isolation is a prevalent issue among older adults, who are at higher risk due to the ... for loneliness; therefore, intergenerational programs may help address this underlying issue.[ 24 ] Another study ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Thomas S. Watson, MD, DPhil March 2021
... were searched between 5 December 2017 and 16 January 2018, and the search was updated with all new studies to 25 ... and identified what they viewed as the most significant issue with existing studies supporting ultrasound: the ... physicians at initial presentation of minor blunt trauma may in fact speed up rib fracture diagnosis by helping triage ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP April 2021
... Health Authority. I wanted to study this patient-based issue through a quality-improvement lens, with value-based ... residents’ food complaints by 20%. Beginning in March 2018, I started measuring how much food was being wasted at ... than the dishware, cutlery, or environment that others may deem important. With social isolation more extreme due to ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2020
... did not want to acknowledge that fertility is a serious issue for female physicians. Turns out that our benefits ... privilege of being guest editor to discuss fertility. In May and June 2018, the journal published articles on infertility, ...
MDs To Be / BY: Rochelle Tonkin, MD October 2020
... by discrete red spots or generalized reddening, that may be accompanied by itching,” as well as “a local skin ... eruption) at UHNBC between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2018. Information collected included patient age, gender, ... rash is commonly recognized as a possible systemic issue. Also, prescribing trends identified in this study ...
MDs To Be / BY: Azzra Mangalji, MD October 2019
... online retailers to identify additional products a shopper may be interested in based on their previous purchases.[ 6 ] ... for adjuvant chemotherapy treatment.[ 8 ] Imaging In 2018, the FDA approved Transpara, which identifies soft ... representation of populations has been a long-standing issue in the academic community. For example, the Framingham ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: A.M. Ocana, MD, CCFP, ABAM January/February 2019
On 17 October 2018, Canada joined nine American states and Uruguay by ... you’re looking at this scientifically, you might have an issue with the correlation of use to health risks, because one “daily user” may smoke all day, every day, and another “daily user” ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Helena Swinkels, MD, MHSc, FCFP, FRCPC March 2019
... water everywhere but not a drop to drink!” in the May 2018 issue of the BCMJ .[ 1 ] We would like to thank Dr Maheswaran ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews July/August 2018
... Then once finished medical school, excellent applicants may not even get a residency spot in CARMS. And even after ... Care Committee, and the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issue]—function best when an observer would not be able to ... Dr Cadesky shortly before he became president on 2 June 2018. Beyond Medicine Interviews Advocating for something ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2018
... pairing to heighten your meal experience?” On 17 October 2018 marijuana will become legal and will join alcohol as a ... parallels to alcohol consumption in our province. Adults may possess up to 30 grams of cannabis in a public place. If ... will have on medicinal marijuana use. I mused about this issue in my June 2017 BCMJ editorial. Unless the price of the ...