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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 ...
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. ...
Letters / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC May 2006
The  January/February 2006 issue of the BCMJ [48(1):14-15]  contains a report by the BC ... as a result of the home hemodialysis program launched in 2004, considerable cash savings have been made by training ... expensive hospital dialysis units. This is good news, but may I re mind you that, as reported in the CMAJ, [1]  the ...
Letters / BY: Douglas C. Drummond, MD January/February 2005
In the September issue of this journal, several articles reviewed and endorsed ... have not proven their worth. To support their view, they may cite the AD2000 reported earlier this year. [2]  While ... new era of treatable Alzheimer disease,” September 2004  [1]  has generated and for the opportunity to respond ...
Letters / BY: Ken Bassett, MD, PhD December 2005
... in Letter #48: 1. We did not write that “statins may do more harm than good in patients without a myocardial ... in the SAE rate quoted in the publication.” However, in 2004 the statistician for PROSPER stated the opposite ... considered in depth in the academic literature. [3] One issue worth highlighting relates to mortality from statin ...
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 / 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 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 ...
Letters / BY: Paul R. Latimer, MD July/August 2004
In the May issue of the BCMJ ( 2004;46[4]:164 ) you have defended your decision to publish ... research on disorders without defined pathology. You may still argue that your decision to publish an article has ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2004
... the trial as presented in January/February’s issue of the  BCMJ  ( 2004;46[1]:21-23 ) does not appear to be a valid test of the ... therapies, and giving front-page status to such articles may give credit where it is not due. —Lloyd Oppel, MD ...