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Beyond Medicine / BY: A.M. Ocana, MD, CCFP, ABAM January/February 2019
... you’re looking at this scientifically, you might have an issue with the correlation of use to health risks, because one “daily user” may smoke all day, every day, and another “daily user” ... marijuana urine drug screen, more than quadrupled between 2005 and 2014 (from 146 to 639).[ 25 ] That trend will ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD October 2010
... small. Without effective intervention, though, they may well become staggering in the future. Preventing ... in dietary and lifestyle habits. This is a very complex issue and intervention must take place at a number of ... obesity and promoting health. It was es­ta­blished in 2005 as a cross-government health promotion initiative and ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Dan MacCarthy, MB, BCh, BAO, March 2009
... gaps in patient care. The Divisions concept arose from the 2005 Provincial Quality Improvement Days, during which about ... authority and government level.” Other benefits that may be offered by Divisions: • Capacity to enhance ... already meeting pre-Divisions to work on an identified issue within their community. “The intention of the ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD April 2005
... of some DSM-IV diagnosis. The findings of the Ipsos-ASI 2005  BCMJ  Readership Survey were released at the end of ... myself. A detailed report on the survey will appear in the May issue, but if you want to see the full results now you can ...
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 ... the possibility that more than one pathological entity may be affecting the brain and causing symptoms. An ... receive timely assistance when needed. Medical practice in 2005 requires skill in managing chronic diseases. ...
Editorials / BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD May 2005
In his editorial, “Forced retirement”  (BCMJ 2005;47[4]:165),  Dr Anthony Salvian decries the fact that ... under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The case may be found on the Internet under Stoffmann v. VGH, 1990 ... for such decisions; the word is “curious.” The second issue was that as a university-affiliated teaching hospital ...