With a history spanning at least 3000 years, bloodletting has only recently—in the late 19th century—been discredited as a treatment for most ailments. The practice of bloodletting began... Read More
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Drs Lind, Louis, and Semmelweis laid the groundwork for evidence-based medicine in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1996 Dr D.L. Sackett and colleagues published a landmark article that established... Read More
In March 2008 Dr Tcheremenska-Greenhill, associate CEO of the British Columbia Medical Association, delivered the 87th Annual Olser Lecture. Here is her lecture. VMA and the Osler Lecture Since... Read More
When a physician becomes a patient, he is shocked at the quality of care he receives. I read with interest Dr Richardson’s “appy” experience (Self-delusion and self-care. BCMJ 2008; 50[8]:433).... Read More
What are we to make of the ACCORD study? This is a large, multicentre, randomized study to determine if aggressive treatment of cardiac risk factors will improve outcomes in a subset of higher-risk... Read More