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Clinical Articles / BY: Robin Friedlander, MD, FRCPC October 2023
... as informed by recent developments in the field. While we may touch on areas of evolving knowledge, it is beyond the ... born in Sweden over a 10-year period, from 1993 to 2002, and found that the year-over-year prevalence of the ... necessary in some cases. A companion article in this issue reviews the psychopharmacological treatment of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C. Bruce Verchere, PhD November 2018
... prohormones as biomarkers of islet graft function that may have value in predicting islet transplant failure.[ 5 ] ... this was avoided with the recruitment of Dr Tim Kieffer in 2002 and Dr Jim Johnson in 2004. These capable investigators ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2016
... a pivotal time in your career? On one Sunday morning in 2002 I was the emergency department doctor at my local rural ... all the generalist pieces of being a family doctor my dad may not have had an opportunity that day to receive the best ... the health care needs of our populations. What health care issue do you think is not getting enough attention right now? ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP December 2015
... developed. Often dubbed “walk-in care,” such a system may address the issue of timely access but often fails to offer continuity of ... from the BC Ministry of Health. Data were collected for 2002 to 2013 from reports labelled 10864_oldformat_xxyyYE ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gil Kimel, MSc June 2014
... HF mortality.[ 5 ] Serum b-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) may be helpful for prognostication as well, since BNP levels ... heart transplant (known as “bridge therapy”). In 2002, the US Food and Drug Administration also approved the ... revised version of the article published in the June 2014 issue ( BCMJ  2014;56:224-229). The authors corrected an ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2014
... entire system is never going to be fixed--as soon as one issue is addressed, major or minor, something else crops up. ... referring specifically to the formation of the GPSC in the 2002 agreement, the identification of the Specialist Services ... find that if you hear people out and you work together, it may take more time, but when you achieve a consensus decision ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Sandberg, RRT, April 2013
... in British Columbia was managed by Pharmacare. Since 2002, HOP has been the responsibility of the regional health ... of services in the Northern Health Authority. Home oxygen may be funded by extended health benefits, if available to ... of home oxygen remains a concern and continues to be an issue for some patients. For example, in Vancouver Coastal ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marc W. Deyell, MD, FRCPC, June 2010
... life-year saved by an ICD was estimated at US$66 677 in 2002.[ 16 ]  Based on these trials, the 2005 Canadian ... However, some individuals with better-tolerated VT may be amenable to antiarrhythmic therapy or to ablation ... presented in  Table 1 . ICDs for primary prevention The issue of which patients should receive an ICD for the primary ...
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. ...