Dr. David Wilson’s disclosures: Has received payments from ICBC for providing input into their new concussion management strategy. Former member of the BC Guideline Protocol Advisory Committee (GPAC).
Disclosures: Received an honorarium from Bayer for a speaking at CME events on IUDs. No conflict of interest. Mitigating potential bias: Only published trials are included. Up until recently, pain ...
Disclosures: No disclosures relevant to this publication. Received peer and non-peer-reviewed funding for clinical studies of Helicobacter infection in the past. Received speaker fees and member of ...
Medical school taught me that “obesity” is a cause of morbidity and mortality, and that weight loss is its cure. I recorded patients’ BMIs and counselled them on weight-loss strategies, believing that ...
Experience of imposter feelings is linked to poor mental health outcomes such as anxiety, depression, and burnout and results in lower professional fulfillment. There may not be a “cure” for imposter ...
Dr. Jennifer Robinson (biography and disclosures) Disclosures: Received fees from WorkSafeBC. Mitigating statement: There is no bias. The article is related to sports injury with no mention of work ...
Heart failure is the third leading cause of hospitalization in Canada and leads to readmission in 1 in 5 patients within 30 days after discharge. Iron deficiency (with or without anemia) is an ...
I realized that engagement is paramount when working with an ambivalent patient, because the change that they want to make is often important in their life, even if the clinician views it as a problem ...
Disclosures: Received honoraria for speaking engagements from Octapharma, Takeda, CSL Behring, Stallergenes Greer, Novartis, and Astra Zeneca. Advisory board member ...
Disclosures: Dr. Val Stoynova and Dr. Celia Culley both sit on the Sustainable Inhaler National Advisory Committee and have received a small associated stipend from a not-for-profit organization with ...
Cannabis was legalized in Canada in 2018. This has led to substantial growth in the cannabis industry. Statistics Canada reported that approximately 4.6 million or 12.5% of persons ≥ 15 years old ...
Most internal medicine practitioners, leaners and attendings alike, include “code status” as an issue on an in-patient’s problem list. Often “not addressed overnight” or “needs to be discussed” is ...