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  • Delayed Gadolinium-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cartilage Values in Hips With Bone Marrow Lesions

    Arthritis Care Res

    August 8, 2022

    Arthritis
    Screening & Testing

    Jones CE, Cibere J, Qian H, Zhang H, Guo Y, Russell D, Forster BB, Wong H, Esdaile JM, Wilson DR

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  • Experiences of Healthcare Workers in Long-Term Care during COVID-19: A Scoping Review

    Boamah SA, Weldrick R, Havaei F, Irshad A, Hutchinson A

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  • Using a smart audio device, Tochie to deliver family messages in long-term care

    Hung L, Yang S, Lin M, Chen I

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  • Using telepresence robots to support family virtual visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Hung L, Mann J, Wong J, Young E

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  • A comparison of patient-reported outcomes among Canadian women having hysterectomies

    Saleeb M, Mohtashami F, Gadermann A, Murphy R, Flexman A, Crump T, Liu G, Sutherland JM

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  • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol or drug use symptoms and service need among youth: a cross-sectional sample from British Columbia, Canada

    Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy

    December 22, 2022

    Access to Care
    COVID-19
    Substance Use & Addictions
    Youth & Young Adults

    Marchand K, Liu G, Mallia E, Ow N, Glowacki K, Hastings KG, Mathias S, Sutherland JM, Barbic S

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  • Powerful, scalable and resource-efficient meta-analysis of rare variant associations in large whole genome sequencing studies

    Nat Genet

    January 23, 2023

    Clinical Trials
    Genetics & Genomics

    Li X, Quick C, Zhou H, Gaynor SM, Liu Y, Chen H, Selvaraj MS, Sun R, Dey R, Arnett DK, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Bowden DW, Brody JA, Cade BE, Correa A, Cupples LA, Curran JE, de Vries PS, Duggirala R, Freedman BI, Göring HHH, Guo X, Haessler J, Kalyani RR, Kooperberg C, Kral BG, Lange LA, Manichaikul A, Martin LW, McGarvey ST, Mitchell BD, Montasser ME, Morrison AC, Naseri T, O’Connell JR, Palmer ND, Peyser PA, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Redline S, Reiner AP, Reupena MS, Rice KM, Rich SS, Sitlani CM, Smith JA, Taylor KD, Vasan RS, Willer CJ, Wilson JG, Yanek LR, Zhao W, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, TOPMed Lipids Working Group, Rotter JI, Natarajan P, Peloso GM, Li Z, Lin X

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  • Feasibility of Testing Client Preferences for Accessing Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment (iOAT): A Pilot Study

    Dobischok S, Metcalfe RK, Matzinger EA, Lock K, Harrison S, MacDonald S, Amara S, Schechter MT, Bansback N, Oviedo-Joekes E

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  • The Safety of Early Discharge Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Among Patients in Northern Ontario and Rural Areas Utilizing the Vancouver 3M TAVI Study Clinical Pathway

    Hanna G, Macdonald D, Bittira B, Horlick E, Ali N, Atoui R, Alqahtani A, Fam N, Shurrab M, Spadafore J, Allen J, Cheema A, Nalla B, Pulkkinen C, Cote S, Hennessey H, Stringer M, Leblanc S, Collin J, Fenton J, Rheault-Henry M, Lauck S, Sathananthan J, Wood D, Alnasser S

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  • The Canadian Long-Term Care Sector Collapse from COVID-19: Innovations to Support People in the Workforce

    Healthc Q

    December 1, 2022

    COVID-19
    Health Policy
    Long-term Care

    Glowinski BJ, Vellani S, Aboumrad M, Beogo I, Franke T, Havaei F, Kaasalainen S, Lashewicz B, Levy AM, McGilton KS, McMurray J, Sims-Gould J

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  • Assessing tophaceous spinal gout treatment response using dual-energy CT as a point-of-care imaging modality: case report

    Skeletal Radiol

    December 23, 2022

    Editorial
    Screening & Testing

    Saffarzadeh M, Haydar SMA, Shojania K, Ouellette H, Nicolaou S, Murray N

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  • Does Vaccination Protect against Human Papillomavirus-Related Cancers? Preliminary Findings from the United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2011-2018)

    Vaccines

    December 10, 2022

    Cancer
    Infectious Disease & STBBIs
    Vaccines

    Issanov A, Karim ME, Aimagambetova G, Dummer TJB

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