Offer universal screening for HIV, HCV, HBV, gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis to all patients presenting for substance ...

Patients with substance use disorders are at higher risk for sexually transmitted and blood‑borne infections (STBBIs), yet screening is often missed due to systemic and patient‑level barriers. This ...

Children perinatally exposed to hepatitis C virus (HCV) in pregnancy have a 5-11% chance of becoming infected with HCV. Data suggests that a high proportion of infants exposed to HCV may be lost to ...

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 ...

Acknowledgments: I would like to thank Dr. Lisa Erlanger, Dr. Maya Rosenkrantz, Maria Oswald, Andrew Brown, and Ljuba Pavlovich for their helpful edits and suggestions. Medical school taught me that ...

Disclosures: Volunteer board member for CADDRA (Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance), no payments received. Mitigating potential bias: Recommendations are consistent with current practice patterns. All ...

Disclosures: Dr. Val Stoynova and Dr. Celia Culley both sit on the Sustainable Inhaler National Advisory Committee and have received a small associated stipend from a not-for-profit organization with ...

Disclosure: Co-Chair of the Ontario College of Family Physicians Palliative/End of Live Care and MAID Collaborative Mentoring Network. Medical advisor on the Behaviour Protocols Committee at L’Arche ...

What care gaps or frequently asked questions have we noticed? Many clinicians consider syphilis to be an uncommon condition in BC. However, infectious syphilis rates are climbing in BC and syphilis ...

Disclosures and mitigating statements: Dr. Ko: Intercept Pharmaceuticals: Advisory board/speaker honoraria/clinical investigator. Mitigating potential bias: no relevant disclosures for this article.

Case vignette: A 24-year-old patient who is well known to you, sheepishly admits they are not taking the antidepressant you prescribed. They heard that SRIs were “not that effective” and might affect ...

*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 ...