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Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... breast cancer were excluded from the guidelines panel in 2011,[ 13 ] and again in 2018.[ 8 ] In 2019, the Minister of ... density; 36% have category C: heterogeneously dense, which may obscure small masses; and 7% have category D: extremely ... a modified mammogram machine, so claustrophobia is not an issue, and it is a fraction of the cost of MRI. However, it ...
Premise / BY: James M. Wright, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2019
The November 2018 issue of the BCMJ included two articles about diabetes ... we agree with those who have concluded that conflicts may introduce insidious biases with the potential to impair ... standards that increase their trustworthiness. The 2011 report of the US National Academies, “Clinical ...
Premise / BY: Martin C. Wale, BM BS, FRCPath, MBA March 2017
... implementing the recommendations from the Cochrane Report (2011) was carried out by the Physician Specialist Services ... supports (training, simulation experience, etc.) may be required to maintain currency in the context of service requirements. Where collection of data is an issue, this should be raised in that conversation.  ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... motor vehicle crashes. From 1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011, there were 68 alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths ... 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 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Bill Mackie, MD November 2011
... which prevalent antibiotic use is of concern. In the June 2011 issue of Microbe, the report “Restricting anti­microbial ... Now that this is CMA policy the future of medical care may favorably alter, particularly for infectious disease and ...