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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2021): Medicine of the Future

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Full issue: https://med-fom-ubcmj.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2021/11/UBCMJ-V13I1-MASTER_FINAL_Nov1.pdf

Published: 2021-11-07

Feature Articles

Advancing the treatment of opioid use disorder in British Columbia

Paxton Bach
Same disease, similar measures, varied outcomes: Research to improve understanding of why results in curbing COVID-19 have been so different across jurisdictions around the world?

Peter Berman
The medicine of the future in the light of a pandemic and a hidden pandemic

Reinhard Michael Krausz

Reviews

Antihypertensive therapy in acute ischemic stroke

Alexander Friedmann, Julian Marsden
Dyspepsia: a review of investigations and management for pre-clinical medical students

Igor Sljivic, Leila Keyvani
A literature review of impact of social determinants of health on preventative oral health program design in remote communities: A focus on Spiti Valley, India

Shiny Sachdeva, Videsh Kapoor

Editorial

Medicine of the Future

Emily Leung

Case and Elective Reports

Rapid induction of buprenorphine/naloxone from methadone using a micro-dosing approach for opioid use disorder treatment in an inpatient setting: a case report

Hannah James, Seonaid Nolan, Nadia Fairbairn
A mixed presentation of septic pelvic thrombophlebitis: A case report

Gabriel Ning Chan, Jill Gilroy

Commentaries

Gender affirming surgery: The future lies in data

Emma Loy
An interview with Dr. Jerilynn Prior: progesterone and the future of women’s health research

Sewon Bann, Jerilynn Prior
Biological hurdles to pancreatic islet transplantation: where are we at, and where are we going?

Amardeep Sekhon
New health-focused smartwatches represent a possible paradigm shift for disease screening, but at what cost?

Ryan Chow
A palliative approach to care: lack of practice standards in sharing goals of care conversations

Sydney Sparanese
Vaccination fascination: exploring unintended consequences of sharing COVID-19 vaccination status on social media

Crystal McLeod
Vaccines for cocaine addiction: Where we’re going and why doctors should pay attention

Lauren Gorfinkel

News and Letters

Microbiome modulation through fecal microbiota transplant: A strategy to overcome melanoma immunotherapy resistance

Rebecca Zhuang
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic control measures on the human microbiome

Maggie Hou
Applying machine learning to abstract screening: Reducing the workload associated with systematic reviews

Iman Baharmand, Sorayya Seddigh
Presumed consent in organ donation: The next step for Canada?

Wajid I Khan
The mouse is mightier than the pen How electronic medical records have shaped modern medicine

Braedon Ronald Paul

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