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Opioid crisis: Challenging times for toxicology laboratories
The BC Provincial Toxicology Centre (PTC) performs extensive clinical toxicology testing, which... Read More
Proust questionnaire: Dr Eric Cadesky
Dr Eric Cadesky What profession might you have pursued, if not... Read More
Keeping up with cancer treatments for the busy GP
For a well-researched topic such as cancer, it’s hard to keep up with the proliferation of new... Read More
Unplanned hospital readmissions in British Columbia
In 2009 a landmark study found that nearly 20% of US Medicare beneficiaries were readmitted to... Read More
Recurrent miscarriage
Early miscarriage has been reported to occur in 17% to 31% of pregnancies,[1,2] and is defined as a... Read More
Preconception management of diabetes
It is well known that women with type 1 or type 2 pregestational diabetes have an increased risk of... Read More
Does diet impact mental health?
Patients often report feeling mentally and physically unwell after eating fat-, salt-, or sugar-... Read More
Infertility, Part 2: How old is "too old" to have a baby?
Dr Caitlin Dunne British Columbia has the highest age of first... Read More
Prenatal screening options in British Columbia
The evolution of prenatal screening was slow until relatively recently. In 1866 John Langdon Down... Read More
Best practices in treating chronic noncancer pain
Since the mid-1990s, physicians have been increasingly prescribing higher doses and stronger... Read More
Goodbye, Bob. Hello, David
As the saying goes, “time waits for no one,” or something like that. I wish it had waited a little... Read More
Sensitivity of early colon cancer screening tests
BC Cancer and its Laboratory Services have identified an issue with the test used to screen for... Read More