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Clinical Articles / BY: Margot Davis, MD, September 2010
... of the original cohort’s offspring, was enrolled, and in 2002 a third generation was enrolled.  In the nearly 5 ... by the Framingham algorithms.[ 16 ]  To address this issue, a number of other risk-prediction algorithms have been ... certain ethnic groups, the Framingham risk model may underserve women.  Studies have suggested that the ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2009
... get into that? Serendipitously, during a good market in 2002, I got involved with good friends and colleagues in ... human interaction between a naturopath and a patient that may not happen in my office?” I think the answer is ... work: complex care, mental health, and so on. What medical issue isn’t getting enough attention? Prevention. ...
MDs To Be / BY: Christian Wiens, BSc(Pharm), May 2009
... representatives of the pharmaceutical industry. Indeed, a 2002 article in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggested ... residency training.”[ 3 ] The CMA does not opine on the issue of lecturer conflicts of interest in medical school ... their relationship with the pharmaceutical industry may affect their judgment. Regrettably, the British Columbia ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Farsheed Hedayati-Vala, MD, July/August 2008
... are often required to perform these procedures.  The issue of how we define a “well-trained” family physician ... serves a population of 12 000 people. From September 2002 to December 2004 (2.5 years), 677 scopes were undertaken ... the scope from the cecum, and that using less time may result in a higher miss rate for small neoplasms. In ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pat G. Camp, MSc, PT, March 2008
... for BC and Canada is challenging, as the symptoms of COPD may not be present until airflow obstruction, a key feature ... match findings from other studies that have explored the issue of underdiagnosis. In the United States, data from the ... Similar results have been reported in British Columbia. In 2002–2003, only 37% of newly diagnosed COPD patients had ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, June 2008
... have a primary beneficial effect. The current guidelines (2002) from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart ... from COPD itself.[ 26 , 27 ]  Like CKD, part of this risk may be due to a commonality of risk factors, but after ... However, two studies from 2002 directly addressed this issue.  A large meta-analysis by Salpeter and colleagues ...
MDs To Be / BY: Lee MacKay, BSc, April 2007
... to the woes of the public health care system in BC, the issue of how best to fix the problems being faced by BC’s ... health authorities by the Liberal provincial government in 2002 and the resulting loss of health services in many ... British Columbia’s health cooperative movement may be able to transform our national health care system and ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, November 2007
... membership voted on the new Physician Master Agreement in May of this year, with 95% of those who voted voting in favor ... Second Master Agreement, the Working Agreement, the 2002 Memorandum of Agreement, the 2003 Memorandum of ... of services. Included in the polybag with this month’s issue of the  BC Medical Journal  is a Membership Guide to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD, September 2006
... cited serious and life-threatening ADRs to be a safety issue of concern. The effect of this apparent concern has ... difficulty of recognizing ADRs when they occur. Clinicians may believe another member of the health care team will ... reported 1193 ADRs in children between 1998 and 2002. However, this voluntary reporting system unquestionably ...
Clinical Articles / BY: G. Ross Baker, PhD, September 2006
... adverse events in Canadian hospitals. [1]  Published in May 2004, the study was based on methods developed by ... training, and research. The Canadian study was launched in 2002 after it became clear that the results of the US study ... establish an estimate of the scale of the patient safety issue within Canadian hospitals, but improvements in safety ...