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Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS March 2024
... Canadian average [ Figure 1 ].[ 1 ] A study conducted in 2012 showed that 158 general surgeons were in full-time ... survey to all 240 members of General Surgeons of BC in October 2022 and aimed for a 50% response rate. We asked ... brevity and clarity): “We don’t have too much of an issue with surgeons, but we do have trouble with shortages of ...
Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... the benefits of screening women in this age group. In October 2018, BC became the first province in Canada to ... breast tomosynthesis was approved by Health Canada in 2012, and several sites in BC acquired the technology. It is ... a modified mammogram machine, so claustrophobia is not an issue, and it is a fraction of the cost of MRI. However, it ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Murray Trusler, MD, MBA, FCFP, FRRMS, October 2014
... communication by e-mail with T. Gomes, 17 December 2012). Similar discrepancies can be seen in  Table 2 , where ... stated clearly in a 2011  Therapeutics Letter , and the issue now needs to be addressed by Health Canada, the ... This is a revised version of the article published in the October 2014 issue ( BCMJ  2014;56:391-394). The author ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD December 2013
... regard to the Council on Health Promotion article in the October issue of the  BCMJ  [The senior driver in BC: Reaching the ... According to DA Redelmeier and MB Stanbrook ( CMAJ  2012;184:1123), “One in four Canadians over 65 with ...
Editorials / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD January/February 2013
The CMPA Perspective, published October 2012, focused on physician professionalism. I assume it was just coincidental that this issue appeared before the furor over mandatory influenza ...
Letters / BY: J.F.M. Oosthuizen, MD, December 2012
In response to Dr DeMarco’s letter in the October issue [ “New health promotion idea: Discourage car travel.”  BCMJ  2012;54:383 ], road cycling is much more dangerous than ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... I received a book written by a neurosurgeon and a recent issue of Discover magazine for my birthday, both focusing on ... E. Proof of heaven. New York: Simon and Schuster; 2012. Nash O. Custard and company. Little Brown and Co; 1980. Orlando A. Death defying. Discover. September/October 2021. Pages 51-58. Blog Experiencing near death ...