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Premise / BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM Early online
... times of glucose elevation. It was approved in Canada in 2018 for the management of type 2 diabetes at a dose of 0.5 ... of women with obesity? A different way to address the issue of risk may be to change the system in which we practise. Obesity, by ...
Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... from the guidelines panel in 2011,[ 13 ] and again in 2018.[ 8 ] In 2019, the Minister of Health stated that ... 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 ...
Letters / BY: Michelle Hawkins, BSc (Hons) September 2023
... 1 ] by Dr Gibson and colleagues, published in the May issue of the BC Medical Journal . While we share the ... homelessness increased by 11.5% in 2021 (compared with 2018), and over 40% of homeless individuals identified as ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Brandon Tang, MD, MSc September 2021
... educational adaptations that emerged from the pandemic may continue to benefit future generations of trainees. ... contacts in the event of an outbreak. To address this issue, RDBC collaborated with UBC Postgraduate Medical ... for resident physicians can be enhanced. Since 2018, RDBC has incorporated mandatory occupational health and ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP April 2021
... Health Authority. I wanted to study this patient-based issue through a quality-improvement lens, with value-based ... residents’ food complaints by 20%. Beginning in March 2018, I started measuring how much food was being wasted at ... than the dishware, cutlery, or environment that others may deem important. With social isolation more extreme due to ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Thomas S. Watson, MD, DPhil March 2021
... were searched between 5 December 2017 and 16 January 2018, and the search was updated with all new studies to 25 ... and identified what they viewed as the most significant issue with existing studies supporting ultrasound: the ... physicians at initial presentation of minor blunt trauma may in fact speed up rib fracture diagnosis by helping triage ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2020
... did not want to acknowledge that fertility is a serious issue for female physicians. Turns out that our benefits ... privilege of being guest editor to discuss fertility. In May and June 2018, the journal published articles on infertility, ...
Letters / BY: John Sehmer, MD January/February 2019
Dr Ur, in his editorial for the November 2018 diabetes theme issue [ BCMJ 2018;60:436-438 ], suggests we are grossly ... very expensive new patented medications when generic ones may suffice.  —John Sehmer, MD, MSc Vancouver This letter ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: A.M. Ocana, MD, CCFP, ABAM January/February 2019
On 17 October 2018, Canada joined nine American states and Uruguay by ... 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” ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Helena Swinkels, MD, MHSc, FCFP, FRCPC March 2019
... water everywhere but not a drop to drink!” in the May 2018 issue of the BCMJ .[ 1 ] We would like to thank Dr Maheswaran ...