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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...