Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health problem, with increasing incidence and prevalence, poor outcomes, and high costs.[1-3] Long-term adverse outcomes associated... Read More

The BC Medical Association’s 2005 Annual Convention came just 2 days after the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision on Chaoulli v. Quebec, so not surprisingly there was a lot of discussion of private... Read More

The life of full-service physicians working in British Columbia’s northern and rural communities is a challenging one. They work long hours, often diagnosing patients without the help of modern... Read More

When fetal heart monitoring was in its infancy, everyone involved in obstetrical care was excited by the potential of this technology to improve fetal outcomes. Numerous monographs on the subject... Read More

British Columbia is the first multilab jurisdiction in the world to routinely analyze serum creatinine values using an equation that provides an estimate of the glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and... Read More