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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 ...
News / BY: Andrea Cross, CFP May 2022
... has a valid social insurance number can open a TFSA. Since 2009, your personal contribution has been accumulating for ... That means if you’ve never contributed to a TFSA, you may be able to put in up to $81 500 in 2022. The annual ... about TFSA rules and what you need to do to resolve the issue. You could be penalized with a tax of 1% per month on ...
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 .[ ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2013
... noise   Dr John O’Brien-Bell requested an update on the issue of noise. He first raised the issue at last year’s ... this policy, noting that members were not consulted and may have objections. Dr Ross explained that the BCMA was not ... for a division of family practice back in October of 2009, and was one of the proto­types. It is a prime example ...
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 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... cause of death in Canada.[ 1 ] It was estimated that in 2009, 976 people died in alcohol-related crashes in Canada.[ ... in exactly the positive changes that would be expected. In May 2011, opponents of the new laws launched a legal ... of the immediate roadside prohibition program.  At issue was whether the immediate roadside prohibition program ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC June 2012
Opioid overdose is a public health issue in British Columbia. In 2009, more than 200 deaths were identified as illicit drug ... were in persons prescribed opioid medication.[ 3 ]  In May 2011, the BC Coroners Service released a warning about a ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Bill Mackie, MD November 2011
... prevalent antibiotic use is of concern. In the June 2011 issue of Microbe, the report “Restricting anti­microbial ... of antibiotics used in food animal production. By 2009, Swedish sales of antibiotics for use in agriculture ... Now that this is CMA policy the future of medical care may favorably alter, particularly for infectious disease and ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2011
... with the UBC Faculty of Medicine. He pointed out that the issue of “transparency” that had been mentioned on ... from broken families and families in distress. They may be in government care. Or they may have parents with ... According to a study completed by Statistics Canada in 2009, Canadian children as a whole are ‘taller, heavier, ...
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 ...