This Changed My Practice

Menopause: Don’t sweat it: Part 2 – Therapies

Menopause is expected to cause symptoms in about 80% of patients. These can vary from mild to very severe and debilitating. The most common are collectively termed vasomotor symptoms (VMS), including ...
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Navigating controversies and complexity in concurrent alcohol use, and mood and anxiety disorders management

Vivian Tsang MD (biography, no disclosures), Julius Elefante MD (biography and disclosures) and Paxton Bach MD, MSc, ABIM, FRCPC, FASAM (biography and disclosures) Dr. Julius Elefante’s disclosures: I ...
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New BC Guideline on concussion/mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)

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).
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Hematology tips for primary care: Hemoglobin abnormalities

Disclosures: Has received honoraria, advisory boards, research funding from AbbVie, Alexion, BeiGene, BMS, Celgene, Fibrogen, Forma, Janssen, Novartis, Taiho ...
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Trauma-informed high impact chronic pain care

Disclosures: Included in the article are links to the author’s chronic pain information website: https://painimprovement.com/about/, no commercial interest ...
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CRAFTing a response: expanding support options available for families affected by substance use

*For the purposes of this article family refers to both biologically related family members, members of a person’s family of origin, as well as found family such as friends, spouses, partners and ...
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Introduction to planetary health in primary care

For as long as I can remember, I have considered myself an environmentalist — standing up for old-growth forests and keeping my personal footprint as small as possible — but I rarely allowed my ...
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Using data for practice quality improvement to address blood sugar challenges for complex care patient

Disclosures: Dr. Omesh Syal is the Chair of Divisions of Family Practice – Prince George, and Chair at HDC. Mitigating potential bias: Recommendations are consistent with published guidelines and ...
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New guidance on alcohol and health from the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

The new Canadian guideline situates alcohol-related harms along a continuum, recognizing that negative health and social consequences of alcohol can arise even at rates previously consistent with low ...
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Drs. Kevin Liang and Philip Hui

New asthma and COPD guidelines are changing the way we provide respiratory care; SABDs, such as salbutamol and ipratropium, are no longer the mainstay treatment for both conditions. Importantly, SABD ...
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Effectively managing imposter syndrome in medicine

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 ...
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Management of Helicobacter pylori in 2023: who should be tested, treated, and how

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 ...