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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 ...
News&Notes / BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC, March 2014
... Children with Type 1 Diabetes” was published in the June 2012 issue of the  BC Medical Journal  ( BCMJ  2012;54:232-237 ... few years an advocacy movement has been afoot in BC. On 22 October 2013, in response to increasing pressure from ...
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 ... always plans for a balanced budget, at the end of 2012 the BCMA had a $2.9 million surplus. He explained that ... at the chance for a division of family practice back in October of 2009, and was one of the proto­types. It is a ...
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 ...