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BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI
May 2023
... of their breast density and the associated risks in 2009. Supplemental screening with ultrasound or MRI ... the benefits of screening women in this age group. In October 2018, BC became the first province in Canada to ... a modified mammogram machine, so claustrophobia is not an issue, and it is a fraction of the cost of MRI. However, it ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC
November 2018
... of medications and services than non-Indigenous people. In October 2017 FNHA joined BC Pharmacare and the new plan Plan ... in remote locations. Established in 2003 and expanded in 2009 to cover almost all First Nations communities in ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Courtney Young, MBA, MD, FRCPC
December 2017
... attention was focused on how QI could favorably affect the issue of medical errors. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was ... Building a Heart Healthy Canada , was published in 2009. One of the few recommendations from the strategy that ... indicators at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in October 2016. This was an exciting achievement, but it ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC
October 2015
... 2001 Joint Statement on Shaken Baby Syndrome.[ 9,10 ] In 2009, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended adopting ... This is a revised version of the article published in the October 2015 issue ( BCMJ 2015;57:331-335). The author corrected an ...
News&Notes /
BY: Jay Draper
July/August 2013
... noise Dr John O’Brien-Bell requested an update on the issue of noise. He first raised the issue at last year’s ... at the chance for a division of family practice back in October of 2009, and was one of the prototypes. It is a prime example ...