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  • COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness among a Population-based Cohort of People Living with HIV

    Chambers C, Samji H, Cooper CL, Costiniuk CT, Janjua NZ, Kroch AE, Arbess G, Benoit AC, Buchan SA, Chung H, Kendall CE, Kwong JC, Langlois MA, Lee SM, Mbuagbaw L, Mccullagh J, Moineddin R, Nambiar D, Walmsley S, Anis A, Burchell AN

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  • Proposal for an Ambulatory Heart Failure Management Curriculum for Cardiology Residency Training Programs

    Almufleh A, Turgeon RD, Ducharme A, Billia F, Ezekowitz J

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  • Economics of Minimalist Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Results From the 3M-TAVR Economic Study

    Butala NM, Wood DA, Li H, Chinnakondepalli K, Lauck SB, Sathananthan J, Cairns JA, Magnuson EA, Barker M, Webb JG, Welsh R, Cheung A, Ye J, Velianou JL, Wijeysundera HC, Asgar A, Kodali S, Thourani VH, Cohen DJ; on behalf of the 3M-TAVR Investigators

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  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Symptoms Do Not Identify Patients at Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease

    Am J Respir Crit Care Med

    October 19, 2022

    Nephrology
    Sleep & Health

    Beaudin AE, Raneri JK, Allen AMH, Series F, Kimoff RJ, Skomro RP, Ayas NT, Mazzotti DR, Keenan BT, Hanly PJ; on behalf of the Canadian Sleep and Circadian Network (CSCN)

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  • “It’s a 50/50 Thing You Know”: Exploring the Multileveled Intersections of Gender and Power Within the Relationships of Young South African Men and Women

    Closson K, Zharima C, Kuchena M, Dietrich JJ, Gadermann A, Zulu B, Ogilvie G, Beksinska M, Kaida A

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  • Recurrent pregnancy loss and incident arthritis in midlife: an exploratory longitudinal analysis of the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation

    Scime NV, Wall-Wieler E, De Vera M, Brown HK

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  • A Man With Painful Loss of Vision

    Ann Emerg Med

    November 1, 2022

    Editorial
    Emergency Medicine

    Scheuermeyer F, Agulnik D

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  • Differences in Demographics and Outcomes Between Men and Women With Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

    JACC Cardiovasc Interv

    October 17, 2022

    Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease
    Sex & Gender

    McAlister C, Alfadhel M, Samuel R, Starovoytov A, Parolis JA, Grewal T, Aymong E, Sedlak T, Ganesh SK, Saw J

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  • Canadian Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Cohort Study: 3-Year Outcomes

    Saw J, Starovoytov A, Aymong E, Inohara T, Alfadhel M, McAlister C, Samuel R, Grewal T, Parolis JA, Sheth T, So D, Minhas K, Brass N, Lavoie A, Bishop H, Lavi S, Pearce C, Renner S, Madan M, Welsh RC, McGrath BM, Vijayaraghavan R, Har B, Ibrahim R, Chaudhary P, Ganesh SK, Graham J, Matteau A, Martucci G, Ko DT, Humphries K, Mancini GJ

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  • The North American opioid crisis: evidence and nuance on prescribed safer supply

    Urbanoski K, Barker B, McGreevy PB, Slaunwhite A, Pauly B

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  • Interventions to address potentially inappropriate prescriptions and over-the-counter medication use among adults 65 years and older in primary care settings: protocol for a systematic review

    Syst Rev

    October 20, 2022

    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
    Primary Care

    Beck A, Persaud N, Tessier LA, Grad R, Kidd MR, Klarenbach S, Korownyk C, Moore A, Thombs BD, Mangin D, McCracken RK, McDonald EG, Sirois C, Kanji S, Molnar F, Nicholls SG, Thavorn K, Bennett A, Shaver N, Skidmore B, Mitchelmore BR, Avey M, Rolland-Harris E, Little J, Moher D

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  • Family physicians’ perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 on preventative care in primary care: findings from a qualitative study

    Fam Pract

    October 21, 2022

    Access to Care
    COVID-19
    Primary Care

    Vaughan C, Lukewich J, Mathews M, Marshall EG, Hedden L, Spencer S, Ryan D, McCracken RK, Gill P, Wetmore S, Buote R, Meredith L, Moritz L, Brown JB

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