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MDs To Be / April 2007

Health cooperatives in BC: The unmet potential

BY: Lee MacKay, BSc,

One solution to our health care crisis doesn’t involve a radical reconfiguration of the health care system or a two-tiered approach, but is simply a return to a model that helped pave the way for our... Read More

Depressed mother holding her baby sitting in a armchair
Clinical Articles / April 2007

Toward comprehensive treatment for postpartum depressed mothers and their infants

BY: Pamela S. Lansky, MA, MEd, RCC,, Tim Oberlander, MD, FRCPC,

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”[1] With this opening to A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens could easily have been referring to the first few months following... Read More

angiograph of the abdominal aorta
Clinical Articles / March 2007

Coronary computed tomographic angiography in British Columbia: A review

BY: Brett Heilbron, MB ChB, Gordon Andrews, MD, FRCPC,, Saul Isserow, MBBCh, Bruce B. Forster, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) is performed by injecting an intravenous contrast agent and then imaging the heart during a single breath hold utilizing multidetector (MDCT)... Read More

Babies growth is being examined on a horizontal scale
Clinical Articles / March 2007

New birth body length and head circumference charts for the British Columbia population

BY: William J. Kierans, BA, MA, Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC, Leslie T. Foster, BSc, MA, PhD, Robert M. Liston, MB, ChB, FRCSC, FRCOG, Terry Tuk, BSc

In a previous study we presented birth weight by gestational age charts[1] based on live birth registrations and notices of birth to residents of British Columbia from 1981 to 2000. In this... Read More

Manuka honey dripping into black jar blurred background
Clinical Articles / March 2007

Sweet success? Honey as a topical wound dressing

BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC

The medicinal use of honey for the treatment of wounds is ancient.[1] Despite this, there is very little awareness of honey’s use in general practice. Physicians can benefit from knowing more... Read More

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BCMJ

The BCMJ is a general medical journal that shares knowledge while building connections among BC physicians.

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ISSN 0007‍-‍0556 (Print)
ISSN 2293‍-‍6106 (Online)
Established 1959