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Clinical Articles / BY: Wei-Shuen King, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2012
... a product of questionable clinical benefit. In 2003, the BC Transfusion Medicine Advisory Group (TMAG) audited albumin ... Use in Adults in British Columbia, a joint effort of the BC Provincial Blood Coordin­ating Office, TMAG, and a group ... release of the guidelines, the amount of albumin issued to BC hospitals by the Canadian Blood Services decreased by ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leslie A. Sadownik, MD, MEd, FRCSC, January/February 2012
... it is our expectation that a large number of women in BC experiencing vulvovaginal pain are going without ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM January/February 2012
... registry data, about one-quarter of infants in BC do not complete their third dose of DPT-containing vaccine ... seasonally with the peak in January through April in BC. This virus accounts for up to 40% of all childhood ... 3 ] A second dose of varicella vaccine is added to the BC schedule at school entry (4 to 6 years of age). Mounting ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP January/February 2012
... Move for Health Day (10 May 2012), challenging all BC school children to Be Active Every Day.  The goal is to ... Be Active Every Day. Doctors can help We are asking BC doctors to contact schools in their area and invite ... in a favorable direction.  We will be continuing to ask BC doctors to participate in the annual Walk with your Doc ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... degrees from Simon Fraser University. Mr Seckel became BC’s deputy attorney general in 2003, overseeing the ... secretary. In this position he was also the head of the BC Public Service, where he was responsible for the overall ... retired. You practised law for 18 years be­fore becoming BC’s deputy attorney general. What made you interested in ...
Letters / BY: Robert Obara, BSc, MPH, January/February 2012
... for postgraduate medical training.[ 1 ] Unfortunately, in BC, only 24 of the upcoming match’s 279 residency positions ... international medical graduates (IMGs).[ 2 ]  These IMG BC positions are offered only to BC residents and all of them include return-of-service ...
Letters / BY: Ralph Jones, MD January/February 2012
... It is both exciting and somewhat puzzling to read that BC research is showing a positive benefit on mortality in ...
News January/February 2012
... articles from February 1965 ).  To read more about these BC firsts, see  Dr Rae's  BCMJ  blog post . News BC first: Hemodialysis ...
News January/February 2012
... schedule is posted on the SGP website ( www.sgp.bc.ca ). ICBC has a new multiple insurer 13075 fee of the ...
News January/February 2012
... Committee (GPSC), a joint committee of the BCMA and the BC Ministry of Health, has been working toward its mandate to ... and why of this unique collaboration of the BCMA and the BC Ministry of Health. Chapters include overviews of the ...