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Clinical Articles / December 2005

Clearing confusion about perimenopause

BY: Jerilynn C. Prior, MD, FRCPC

Currently, there is confusion about how to describe the state of midlife women who have menstruated in the last year, yet are flushing, can’t sleep, and have flooding periods. Are they in menopause,... Read More

Clinical Articles / December 2005

Joe Sidorov: A giant in our midst

BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC

Joe Sidorov was born in Yalta in 1920 at the height of the Russian Revolution. His father was killed shortly before and his widowed mother escaped the new communist state with her baby son first to... Read More

Behavioral and psychological disturbances in Alzheimer disease
Clinical Articles / November 2005

Behavioral and psychological disturbances in Alzheimer disease: Assessment and treatment

BY: Martha Lou Donnelly, MD, CCFP, FRCPC

Alzheimer disease (AD) is not a disease of cognition alone. A wide array of behavioral and psychological problems are associated with it. In fact, delusional jealousy, paranoia, auditory... Read More

Clinical Articles / November 2005

Dementia diagnosis: Case presentations and neuropathology

BY: B. Lynn Beattie, MD, FRCPC , Ian R.A. Mackenzie, MD, FRCPC

Case 1 Mr G. was a 74-year-old retired car salesman who was first seen at the clinic in May 1998. At that time he complained of declining memory for the past 3 years, said he had lost interest in... Read More

Treating Alzheimer disease
Clinical Articles / November 2005

A practical approach to late Alzheimer disease

BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS

Alzheimer disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative illness and its prevalence increases with age.[1] The Alzheimer Society of Canada uses a staging system that divides the progression of... 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