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Beyond Medicine / BY: A.M. Ocana, MD, CCFP, ABAM January/February 2019
On 17 October 2018, Canada joined nine American states and Uruguay ... you’re looking at this scientifically, you might have an issue with the correlation of use to health risks, because ... urine drug screen, more than quadrupled between 2005 and 2014 (from 146 to 639).[ 25 ] That trend will continue ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... indicates that “For guidelines published after 2014, lists of contributors may be published on the ... these concerns, the Therapeutics Letter of September/October 2017 names canagliflozin and dapagliflozin as ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Courtney Young, MBA, MD, FRCPC December 2017
... attention was focused on how QI could favorably affect the issue of medical errors. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was ... indicators at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in October 2016. This was an exciting achievement, but it ... November 2016. www.waittimealliance.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/CCS-Building-a-Heart-Healthy-Canada.pdf . Institute ...
Letters / BY: R.A. Rockerbie, PhD January/February 2017
... 1,2 ] An increase from 8.3% in 2013 to 17.0% in 2014 occurred following marijuana legalization in Washington. ... cause for sobering thought, as termed in an article in the October 2016 issue of the  BCMJ .[ 3 ] A meta-analysis, however, based on ...
Letters January/February 2015
In the October issue of the  BCMJ , Dr Bill Cavers commented on physician-assisted suicide [ BCMJ  2014;56:381 ]. Physicians on both sides of this matter can ... Canada decision.  However, when considering this serious issue, it is vital that the stance of each side is accurately ...
Letters / BY: Ted Patterson, September 2014
... to Dr Mirwaldtís thoughtful letter published in the June issue [ BCMJ  2014;56:219 ]. We welcome the engagement of the British ... several times before the dictionary is completed in late October. Our practice has been to use training objectives to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Murray Trusler, MD, MBA, FCFP, FRRMS, October 2014
... 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 corrected an ...
Letters / BY: Barry Munn, MD, December 2014
... An emerging medical and public health concern” in the October issue ( BCMJ  2014;56:386-390 ) raises many interesting points, and I ...