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Premise / BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM June 2024
... times of glucose elevation. It was approved in Canada in 2018 for the management of type 2 diabetes at a dose of 0.5 ... of women with obesity? A different way to address the issue of risk may be to change the system in which we practise. Obesity, by ...
Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... from the guidelines panel in 2011,[ 13 ] and again in 2018.[ 8 ] In 2019, the Minister of Health stated that ... density; 36% have category C: heterogeneously dense, which may obscure small masses; and 7% have category D: extremely ... a modified mammogram machine, so claustrophobia is not an issue, and it is a fraction of the cost of MRI. However, it ...
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 ...
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 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2021
... Sales approached US$1 billion in the United States in 2018, and the market is projected to reach US$6.2 billion by ... (including children and pregnant women), as consumers may often be unaware that there is alcohol in kombucha.[ 5 ] ... BC Centre for Disease Control’s recent study into this issue[ 5 ] recommends that: Labeling must clearly indicate ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Brandon Tang, MD, MSc September 2021
... educational adaptations that emerged from the pandemic may continue to benefit future generations of trainees. ... contacts in the event of an outbreak. To address this issue, RDBC collaborated with UBC Postgraduate Medical ... for resident physicians can be enhanced. Since 2018, RDBC has incorporated mandatory occupational health and ...
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 ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tom Brocklehurst September 2019
Canada’s legalization of recreational cannabis in October 2018 reignited the issue of workplace impairment for many employers and workers ... not assign impaired workers to activities where impairment may create an undue risk and must not permit workers to ...
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 ...
Premise / BY: James M. Wright, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2019
The November 2018 issue of the BCMJ included two articles about diabetes ... we agree with those who have concluded that conflicts may introduce insidious biases with the potential to impair ...