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  • Evaluation of out-of-pocket pay genetic testing in a publicly funded healthcare system

    Grant P, Cook CB, Langlois S, Nuk J, Mung S, Zhang Q, Study G, Lynd LD, Austin J, Elliott AM

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  • Effects of clozapine treatment on the improvement of substance use disorders other than nicotine in individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Rafizadeh R, Danilewitz M, Bousman CA, Mathew N, White RF, Bahji A, Honer WG, Schütz CG

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  • Changes over time in patient visits and continuity of care among graduating cohorts of family physicians in 4 Canadian provinces

    Rudoler D, Peterson S, Stock D, Taylor C, Wilton D, Blackie D, Burge F, Glazier RH, Goldsmith L, Grudniewicz A, Hedden L, Jamieson M, Katz A, MacKenzie A, Marshall E, McCracken R, McGrail K, Scott I, Wong ST, Lavergne MR

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  • Changes over time in patient visits and continuity of care among graduating cohorts of family physicians in 4 Canadian provinces

    Rudoler D, Peterson S, Stock D, Taylor C, Wilton D, Blackie D, Burge F, Glazier RH, Goldsmith L, Grudniewicz A, Hedden L, Jamieson M, Katz A, MacKenzie A, Marshall E, McCracken R, McGrail K, Scott I, Wong ST, Lavergne MR

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  • BEING: Bone Health in Aging Women with HIV: Impact of Switching Antiretroviral Therapy on Bone Mineral Density During the Peri-menopausal period

    AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses

    December 13, 2022

    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
    Infectious Disease & STBBIs

    Walmsley S, Clarke R, Lee T, Singer J, Cheung A, Smaill F, de Pokomandy A, Trottier S, Messina E, Guaraldi G

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  • Antibody response durability following three-dose COVID-19 vaccination in people with HIV receiving suppressive ART

    Lapointe HR, Mwimanzi F, Cheung PK, Sang Y, Yaseen F, Speckmaier S, Barad E, Moran-Garcia N, Datwani S, Duncan MC, Kalikawe R, Ennis S, Young L, Ganase B, Omondi FH, Umviligihozo G, Dong W, Toy J, Sereda P, Burns L, Costiniuk CT, Cooper C, Anis AH, Leung V, Holmes D, Demarco ML, Simons J, Hedgcock M, Prystajecky N, Lowe CF, Romney MG, Barrios R, Guillemi S, Brumme CJ, Montaner JSG, Hull M, Harris M, Niikura M, Brockman MA, Brumme ZL

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  • Clinical severity of Omicron sub-variants BA.1, BA.2 and BA.5 in a population-based cohort study in British Columbia, Canada

    J Med Virol

    December 22, 2022

    COVID-19
    Genetics & Genomics
    Intensive Care

    Russell SL, Klaver BRA, Harrigan SP, Kamelian K, Tyson J, Hoang L, Taylor M, Sander B, Mishra S, Prystajecky N, Janjua NZ, Zlosnik JEA, Sbihi H

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  • Outcomes Following Heart or Bilateral-Lung Transplantation from Donors who Died of Drug Toxicity in British Columbia, Canada

    Clin Transplant

    December 13, 2022

    Organ Transplant
    Substance Use & Addictions

    Xie MW, Keenan SP, Toma M, Levy RD, Slaunwhite A, Rose C

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  • Resident-to-resident aggression in long-term care facilities: Prevalence and risk factors

    J Am Geriatr Soc

    December 15, 2022

    Aging & Related Conditions
    Long-term Care

    Yan E, Lai DWL, Cheng ST, Kwok T, Leung EMF, Lou VWQ, Fong D, Chaudhury H, Pillemer K, Lachs M

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  • Association of Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorder Diagnoses With Fatal and Nonfatal Overdose Among People With a History of Incarceration

    Palis H, Gan W, Xavier C, Desai R, Scow M, Sedgemore K, Greiner L, Nicholls T, Slaunwhite A

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  • Impact of Hepatitis B Virus Infection, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, and Hepatitis C Virus Co-infection on Liver-Related Death among People Tested for Hepatitis B Virus in British Columbia: Results from a Large Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort Study

    Viruses

    November 21, 2022

    Infectious Disease & STBBIs

    Makuza JD, Jeong D, Binka M, Adu PA, Cua G, Yu A, García HAV, Alvarez M, Wong S, Bartlett S, Karim ME, Yoshida EM, Ramji A, Krajden M, Janjua NZ

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  • Motivators and Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplant as Perceived by Past and Potential Donors

    Zazoulina J, Khehra K, Gill J

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