Background: Through medicare, residents in Canada are entitled to medically necessary physician services without paying out of pocket, but still many people struggle to access primary care. We conducted a survey to explore people's experience with and priorities for primary care.
Methods: We conducted an online, bilingual survey of adults in Canada in fall 2022.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
February 2024
Purpose: The human papillomavirus (HPV) is well recognised as a factor in developing oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). A booklet for HPV-OPC patients aimed to deliver evidence-based messages in everyday language, in a way to minimise negative psychological impacts on patients. Our study explored the suitability of the booklet for use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInvestigating whether changes within fish populations may result from harvesting requires a comprehensive approach, especially in more data-sparse northern regions. Our study took a three-pronged approach to investigate walleye population change by combining Indigenous knowledge (IK), phenotypic traits, and genomics. We thank Larson et al.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhospholipase A2G6-associated neurodegeneration (PLAN) is a rare early-onset monogenic neurodegenerative movement disorder which targets the basal ganglia and other regions in the central and peripheral nervous system; presenting as a series of heterogenous subtypes in patients. We describe here a B6.C3-Pla2g6 mouse model of PLAN which presents with early-onset neurodegeneration at 90 days which is analogous of the disease progression that is observed in PLAN patients.
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