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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 ... than annual (0.8 cancers per 1000 screens).[ 38 , 39 ] In 2015, the screening interval for women aged 40 to 49 years ... a modified mammogram machine, so claustrophobia is not an issue, and it is a fraction of the cost of MRI. However, it ...
Premise / BY: Martin C. Wale, BM BS, FRCPath, MBA March 2017
... and privileging project, completed at the end of 2015 and used by most health authorities for the first time ... 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.  ...
Premise / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
... withdrawing life-sustaining therapy[ 1,2 ] suggest people may be confused about their right to make life-determining ... well as is possible until their natural death. In August 2015 the General Council of the Canadian Medical Association ... The author is currently guest editing a theme issue on palliative care that she hopes to publish in the  ...
News&Notes / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2014
Annual Business Meeting and General Assembly  Saturday, 31 May 2014 • Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver This year’s ... carried that there be no increase in membership dues for 2015). Salaries and benefits made up just under 60% of ... clarified that the increase came largely from a severance issue that occurred, not primarily from hiring new staff. Dr ...
News&Notes / BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC, March 2014
... with Type 1 Diabetes” was published in the June 2012 issue of the  BC Medical Journal  ( BCMJ  2012;54:232-237 ... full implementation scheduled for the start of the 2014–2015 school year. One highly anticipated change will be ... examples of independent plans and other documents that may be of assistance to parents. Further details regarding ...