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BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2020
... (COVID-19) is taking a devastating toll globally. As of May 2020, there have been 76 000 cases of COVID-19 ... an ongoing public health emergency was declared in April 2016 related to high rates of drug overdose deaths. In the ... making it difficult to determine implicated substances and issue meaningful community alerts. Overdose deaths increased ...
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 ... nonspecific skin eruption) at UHNBC between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2018. Information collected included ... 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
... collect, communicate, and store medical data.[ 3 ] In 2016, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) reported that ... online retailers to identify additional products a shopper may be interested in based on their previous purchases.[ 6 ] ... representation of populations has been a long-standing issue in the academic community. For example, the Framingham ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD October 2018
... morbidity and mortality associated with activities that may cause harm. Harm reduction applied to substance use is a ... replaced the policy of needle exchange in BC. From 2007 to 2016, HIV diagnoses in people who inject drugs declined from ... harm-reduction services. Physicians can help address the issue of marginalization by examining their own assumptions ...
MDs To Be
... there is a need for such outreach. During the spring of 2016, we presented our curriculum at four community centres ... is associated with negative health outcomes, and the issue of isolation may not be adequately addressed through current primary-care ...