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Letters / BY: Michelle Hawkins, BSc (Hons) September 2023
... 1 ] by Dr Gibson and colleagues, published in the May issue of the BC Medical Journal . While we share the ... homelessness increased by 11.5% in 2021 (compared with 2018), and over 40% of homeless individuals identified as ...
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 ...
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 ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC July/August 2019
... a news article in the BCMJ reported “Daily ibuprofen may prevent Alzheimer disease” ( 2018;60:191 ). It was followed by a letter raising the ... the generations and may date back as far as 1959, to issue 1, volume 1. The naming convention you accurately ...
Letters / BY: John Sehmer, MD January/February 2019
Dr Ur, in his editorial for the November 2018 diabetes theme issue [ BCMJ 2018;60:436-438 ], suggests we are grossly ... very expensive new patented medications when generic ones may suffice.  —John Sehmer, MD, MSc Vancouver This letter ...
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 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD July/August 2019
... from locations near urbanized areas around Puget Sound. In 2018 investigators reanalyzed mussel tissues collected in ... of opioids, the Washington study illustrates the larger issue of CECs in the environment and their potential adverse ... impacts. CECs of greatest concern include those which may not pose an immediate effect through acute exposure, as ...