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Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... breast cancer were excluded from the guidelines panel in 2011,[ 13 ] and again in 2018.[ 8 ] In 2019, the Minister of ... is widely used for screening in the United States. As of March 2022, 82% of American facilities had digital breast ... 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: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... Ethics Board (#H13-01321). From 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2017, hospitalization data for all ages were obtained ... data by DA were collected from Statistics Canada’s 2011 and 2016 Census Profiles.[ 15 ] Descriptive statistics ... [ Figure 3 ]. Conclusions Self-poisoning is a considerable issue in BC, where high rates and increasing trends among ...
Letters / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC May 2013
... LOI was at the Section of Clinical Faculty AGM on 5 May 2011 when the BCMA president announced that it was to be ... a written copy was not seen until 10 months later on 26 March 2012 when the Section of Clinical Faculty president ... wording in the LOI calls into question.  I take no issue with those involved in the system, only with the system ...
Letters / BY: Peter Uhlmann, MD, May 2011
I greatly appreciated the editorial by Dr Verchere, in the March issue [“Choosing the right resident,”  BCMJ  2011;53:63-64 ].  My son was one of the lucky ones to match ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM March 2010
... BC was designed to run for only 3 years, with the 2010–2011 school year the third and final year, following which ... out across BC and was advertised in the January/February issue of the BCMJ and on the immunizebc.ca web site.  These ... Events” in Kelowna, Prince George, and Dawson Creek in March, aim to boost your confidence in answering questions ...
Blog / BY: Amanda Lavigne, BScPN
... Harms related to substance use remain a top public health issue in virtually every jurisdiction across Canada. In ... care of patients who use illicit drugs. Contemp Nurse 2011;37:241-252.  6.    Abram MD. The role of the ... with substance use. Hamilton: McMaster Health Forum, 20 March 2020. ...