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MDs To Be, COVID-19 / BY: Brooke Cheng May 2022
... at work and in public settings.[ 2 , 3 ] While this story may surprise some, it is just one of thousands of anecdotes ... and to celebrate racial diversity, the SARS outbreak in 2003 demonstrated the speed at which we can revert to ... outcome as critical as patient safety and care, then this issue must be treated as one of utmost importance. It is also ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... although a mental health diagnosis is a factor.[ 3 ] In 2003, the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development ... [ Figure 3 ]. Conclusions Self-poisoning is a considerable issue in BC, where high rates and increasing trends among ... 19,[ 17 ] mental health and antidepressant accessibility may have contributed to increased self-poisoning rates among ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C. Bruce Verchere, PhD November 2018
... in human islet transplantation in type 1 diabetes. Since 2003, the clinical program at the lab has transplanted islets ... prohormones as biomarkers of islet graft function that may have value in predicting islet transplant failure.[ 5 ] ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD October 2018
... morbidity and mortality associated with activities that may cause harm. Harm reduction applied to substance use is a ... hepatitis C virus and HIV transmission.[ 5 ] Therefore, in 2003, consistent with best practice, needle distribution and ... harm-reduction services. Physicians can help address the issue of marginalization by examining their own assumptions ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... other antihyperglycemic agents can confuse physicians and may result in widely variable quality of care as well as ... of evidence from key studies. Updates were published in 2003, 2008, 2013, and 2018.[ 3 ] These guidelines are ranked ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC November 2018
... health care in BC First Nations populations in BC may receive different health care services based on whether ... patients, many living in remote locations. Established in 2003 and expanded in 2009 to cover almost all First Nations ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gil Kimel, MSc June 2014
... in 1997 and became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2003. Balfour Mount is currently retired and lives in ... HF mortality.[ 5 ] Serum b-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) may be helpful for prognostication as well, since BNP levels ... revised version of the article published in the June 2014 issue ( BCMJ  2014;56:224-229). The authors corrected an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC October 2012
... correctly (see “Measurement of blood pressure” in this issue) and ensure that office-induced blood pressure ... drug doses despite persistent blood pressure elevation may be part of the phenomena labeled clinical inertia, which ... receptor (MR) in hypertension. In a study published in 2003, treatment with the MR antagonist spironolactone was ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... Mr Seckel became BC’s deputy attorney general in 2003, overseeing the administration of justice in the ... for in those circumstances where it is a direct one-on-one issue or conflict. And yet now that I’m here, I see so many ... final thoughts? Members who aren’t involved in the BCMA may wonder what goes on here, and they can be assured that ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Brian F. Russell, MD, September 2011
... 1 ] However, mounting evidence suggests that vitamin D may also influence cardiovascular disease, hypertension, ... Proceedings of First Nations Nutrition and Health (2003) outline loss of traditional foods, which has a role. An ... to assist physicians in managing this important health issue ( www.cps.ca/english/statements/ii/fnim07-01.htm ).  ...