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Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 /
BY: Amritpal Maniani, BSc
April 2023
... fentanyl, we wanted carfentanil.” (Participant 6) “People are shocked when I say this. I’ve lost count of the ... risks of overdose. This qualitative study suggests that people who use illicit opioid drugs rely on their support ...
Premise /
BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC
September 2023
... Even though the actual costs may be much less because some people make little use of medical services, those costs may ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC
April 2023
... increase.[ 3 , 4 ] Between January and December 2021, 7560 people died from opioid-related toxicity in Canada.[ 5 ] Gaps ... care affect youth Mental health concerns affect young people disproportionally. In BC, one in four young people live with a mental health or substance use disorder ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
January/February 2023
... settler on the territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking people in Victoria, where I’ve spent the last year, and ... if not a lifetime.” There are lots of predictors of why people do rural medicine; for me, it was a combination of ... generalism but also a ton to do with being connected to people, which I’ve always really enjoyed. Is there a story ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Eugene Y.H. Yeung, MD, MSc, BSc(Pharm), FCCM, FRCPC
November 2023
Between 2009 and 2020, 20 546 people in Canada were reported to have tuberculosis.[ 1 ] ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Stephen Lam, MD, FRCPC
April 2023
BC Cancer Lung Screening Program: Insights on a risk model–based approach for primary care providers
... worldwide.[ 1 ] In British Columbia, an average of seven people die of lung cancer every day; in Canada, more people die from lung cancer than from breast, colon, and ... annual low-dose computed tomography screening in people 55 to 74 years of age who currently smoked or had quit ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: James R. Gray, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2023
... thus reflecting the presentation of this cancer in younger people.[ 5 ] Some estimates suggest that within the next ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Elisabeth Baerg Hall, MD, CCFP, FRCPC
November 2023
... referral is recommended. The prevalence of ADHD in people with bipolar disorder can be more than 20%.[ 21 ] ... uncomplicated ADHD in their adult patients.[ 29 ] Summary People with ADHD have unique strengths, such as increased ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Madeline McKenzie, BA
May 2023
... than in our constituent parts. We should encourage people both to give and to take; both are essential aspects ...
Premise /
BY: R. Eric Demers, BSc, CCPA, CD
September 2023
... population is concentrated in 5% of the land mass.[ 1 ] People living in rural and remote communities often have to ... of health in at-risk populations, including Indigenous people, who have a higher rural representation. Policies ... system-wide innovations when there are shortages of people to fill roles; national coordination of professional ...