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President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD May 2009
... arts, and boot camp are relatively new as more and more people participate. We’re also wiser, for the most part, to ... in one’s spare tire can raise insulin levels, furthering type 2 diabetes. This in turn is closely linked to dementia ... of Healthy Living and Sport’s mantra, “Every move is a good move,” you can’t go wrong. I encourage everyone ...
Back Page / BY: William A. Falk, MD, FCFPC, FRCGP September 2008
... the bureaucracy credit for sincere efforts to provide a good and workable system. As individuals, most are doing what ... the money. The biggest untapped source of money? We, the people. We often see references to the need for people to ... unions, doctors, and for-profit insurance companies. This type of innovation will be considered as politically risky ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2008
... replacing our old handwritten records was the fact that I type 10 words a minute, apparently with my tongue hanging out ... Dr Richardson, you’d be surprised; there are lot of old people on Facebook.” I then checked his prostate even ... office at recess, lunch hour, and after school. But the good news is that he works for cookies.” So was the ...
Premise / BY: Michael A. Ross, MD, FRCSC October 2007
... and 11% of men suffer from migraine. MRIs on all these people would bankrupt the system. Anxious patients will ... they leave discouraged, realizing that this is not the type of care they need. Those barely able to leave home are ... put in a plug for the fee, which always does somebody some good. Fearsome authority Hippocrates was born into an age of ...
Premise / BY: Faith E. Hayman, LLB, BA, BEd April 2006
... status, so the ability to work is critical to most people’s financial survival. When health issues interfere ... ‘non-diagnoses’—mean.” The court described the type of evidence which was required as follows: “So there ... under an obligation to adjudicate claims fairly and in good faith. These principles were applied in a disability ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... pages. $24.95. This book brings those who care about young people up to date with what is happening to and for the youth ... in rural areas, have the highest occurrence of this type of risky behavior. Because of the decentralization and ... with a young person in their family, it is a particularly good read in order to understand what that young person is ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, October 2006
... • Raised fasting blood sugar or previously diagnosed type 2 diabetes. • Reduced HDL cholesterol in the blood or ... BCMA awards Nominations may be made by any BCMA member in good standing. Submit the candidate’s curriculum vitae (CV) ... by a layperson to medicine and/or to the welfare of the people of British Columbia or Canada. CMA Honorary Membership ...
News / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2006
... still teaches courses in the art and science of helping people die on their own terms. Hogg’s lifetime of ... as specified in the CRNBC scope of practice for each type of nurse practitioner. Family practice nurse ... BCMA/CMA membership, remember that to remain a member in good standing you must do so by 31 March 2006. To make this ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2006
... for medicine. So moving all over the place like that, people always ask, “Was your dad one step ahead of the ... has all the moving done for you? Or to you…  It was good for me. I wasn’t always happy the minute we moved ... my cousins or brothers were sick I enjoyed doing nursing-type things for them. I decided, at some point during high ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Todd Cherniak, LLB September 2005
... the waiting periods are universally too long, with most people not able to obtain timely access to MRI except in the ... professional advice A result that shows no injury is a good result for the claimant. In practically all cases (with ... two. This baseline MRI information will curtail this type of defence and allow each accident to be properly ...