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Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC April 2023
... Health Initiative hormone therapy trial in 2002 and 2004, fears about hormone therapy hit the press, and the ... BCMJ articles on managing menopause in the October 2022 issue (insert winking emoji). The ongoing challenge is ... versus benefits need to be individualized. Practitioners may struggle to find the time for a thorough discussion on ...
News July/August 2010
... regions in BC over a 4-year period. Published in the June issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the UBC study examined all deliveries in BC between 2004 and 2007 and found an average of 21.2 per 100 deliveries ... system. The researchers suggest potential reasons may include the differences in practitioners’ responses to ...
Editorials / BY: Gavin Stuart, MD, Dean, UBC Faculty of Medicine, September 2008
... University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine. In May 2008, the first class of medical students from the ... 72 students were added to the incoming class in 2004.  As you can imagine, this was neither a simple task ... for its innovative programs. The articles in this theme issue depict aspects of the expansion and describe physician ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... the Lord Made . Directed by Joseph Sargent; HBO Films, 2004. Something the Lord Made  is a moving true story of the ... and co-guest editor of the BCMJ’s September theme issue on patient safety (BCMJ 2006;48:324-341). Dr Michael ... 5 years, to identify adverse drug reaction markers that may be used to predict and prevent drug toxicity in children. ...
Editorials / BY: B. Lynn Beattie, MD, FRCPC November 2005
... overview with important recommendations. In a previous issue (BCMJ September 2004;46[7], “The new era of treatable Alzheimer disease”) ... the possibility that more than one pathological entity may be affecting the brain and causing symptoms. An ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS March 2005
... personally claimed and received any Negotiated Benefits in 2004, and for any physician covered under the Physicians’ ... and Income Consent Form. If you anticipate that others may make inquiries on your behalf, please visit the BCMA web ... Banquet. Registration forms will be available in the April issue of the  BCMJ . Save time by registering in advance! ...
News January/February 2005
... deadline for contributing to an RRSP to qualify for a 2004 deduction is 1 March 2005. To guarantee payment of your ... If you are a newly practising physician or new to BC, you may not be aware that you can authorize CMPA to ... payment by direct deposit to your bank account, we will issue it to you in quarterly installments throughout the ...
News June 2005
... on your nursing staff were equally well trained? This may seem like an impossible notion, but not when you hardwire ... Stan Solomon and Peter Taylor. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2004. ISBN 1-55263-605-4. Hardcover, 112 pages. $49.95. ... Psoriasis Education Program (PEP) has released the first issue of PEP Talk, a publication for people affected by ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB July/August 2004
... on medicare? Take some consolation in the fact that this may be one of the last editorials needed on this topic. On 8 June 2004, the day after the 60th anniversary of D-Day, I returned ... to avoid taking their own positions on this important issue and deferred to the CMA. For the most part, the ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD May 2004
In this month’s issue there is a  letter  from a colleague complaining that ... on the treatment of fibromyalgia with acupuncture ( 2004;46(1):21-23 ) the BCMJ may have done a disservice to the doctors of BC. The author ...