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Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... density; 36% have category C: heterogeneously dense, which may obscure small masses; and 7% have category D: extremely ... of their breast density and the associated risks in 2009. Supplemental screening with ultrasound or MRI ... a modified mammogram machine, so claustrophobia is not an issue, and it is a fraction of the cost of MRI. However, it ...
MDs To Be / BY: Ahmad Al-Sarraf, MD, FRCPC, September 2014
Maintaining healthy vision is an important health issue. For many, loss of vision is associated with loss of ... According to the National Coalition for Vision Health's 2009 report on the state of vision health in Canada, visual ... that the high mortality due to the comorbid conditions may partly explain why age-related macular degeneration and ...
Letters June 2014
... Of interest to you might be an article published in the May 2009 issue of the  Journal of the American College of Surgeons .[ ...
MDs To Be / BY: Katie Wiskar, BSc, October 2012
... Canadian population declined for the first time between 2009 and 2010, falling from 48% to 43%.[ 5 ] Studies with ... whole foods.  In addition to overall diet, the issue of workplace nutrition has recently received some ... ubiquity of inadequate nutrition among physicians, as they may result in decreased quality of patient care and medical ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD June 2012
... issues in lifestyle counseling. In the BCMJ April issue I was glad to see the Council on Health Promotion ... makes them depressed, and adds to the negative image they may al­ready have of themselves. Despite occasional ... and exercise at the World Diabetes Congress in Montreal in 2009 I came across a paper by Ross and Janiszewsky raising ...
Premise / BY: Stuart Kreisman, MD October 2011
... 3 ] (an excellent resource which also lists actions that may be taken by those having the problem).  Thirty-four ... that up to 100 000 BC renters may move annually over this issue. A strong majority of those surveyed would prefer to ... the Department of Housing and Urban Development on 17 July 2009 stated that it “strongly encourages public housing ...
Letters / BY: Bernie Littlejohn, September 2009
... I found Dr McMahen’s comments on EMR in the June issue particularly interesting (“Ready or not”  BCMJ 2009;51[5]:190 ). Implementation of an information system ... to see that a fully functional system is developed, you may get something that is more of a millstone than an asset. ...
Letters / BY: Jeremy Smith, September 2009
... will respond to Dr Blair’s original letter from the June issue (“EMRs and specialists” BCMJ 2009;51[5]: 190) and Dr Hwang’s response concurrently. ... address the challenges and opportunities outlined in the May BCMJ  article “Specialists and EMR Adoption” ( ...
Letters / BY: N.P. Blair, MD, June 2009
... see " Specialists and EMR adoption ” published in the May issue of the BCMJ. (2009;51[4]:154).—ED. Letters EMRs and specialists ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... an official holiday on the second Sunday of the month of May.  There are about 2 billion mothers in the world and ... said the Secretary General of the United Nations in 2009,[ 2 ] reflecting the poet Wallace’s vision of the ... full control over their reproduction. Motherhood became an issue of personal preferences—voluntary childlessness, ...