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A man with severe heartache, suffering from chest pain
Clinical Articles / April 2016

Sudden cardiac death in young competitive athletes

BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC,, Barbara N. Morrison, BHK, Daniel J. Lithwick, MHA,, Saul Isserow, MBBCh, Brett Heilbron, MB ChB,, Andrew D. Krahn, MD, FRCPC, FCCS

Athletes are thought to represent the pinnacle of health and fitness. When a young athlete suffers a sudden cardiac death (SCD), it is a rare but catastrophic event that garners attention from the... Read More

Clinical Articles / April 2016

A challenging case of thromboangiitis obliterans

BY: Ahmad Abdullah, MD,, Anna R. Hayden, BASc, MD,, Cori Ann Gabana, MD, FRCPC,, Brent Evan Appleton, MD, ABIM, FACR,

Case data A previously healthy 23-year-old female was being treated as an outpatient for seronegative asymmetric oligoarthritis. She had received trials of methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine, and... Read More

Beyond Medicine / March 2016

Social media to support physician practice and CPD: Opportunities, issues, and an emergency medicine case study

BY: Benjamin Millar, MD,, Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC, Anna-Maria Carvalho, MD, FRCPC,

The use of social media is rapidly growing for medical education and practice sharing, and emergency medicine has been on the forefront of these developments. However, there is limited published... Read More

Cardiac stress test
Clinical Articles / March 2016

Stress testing: A contribution from Dr Robert A. Bruce, father of exercise cardiology

BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC,, Maya Ignaszewski, MD, C.M. Taylor MD, FACC,

Dr Robert Arthur Bruce was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on 20 November 1916. He graduated from Boston University with a bachelor of science degree and went on to finish his medical studies at... Read More

Unprotected sex, risk of illness and infections
Clinical Articles / March 2016

When sex is always painful: Provoked vestibulodynia

BY: Rosemary Basson, MD, FRCP(UK), Miriam Driscoll, MD, FRCPC,, Shauna Correia, MDCM, FRCPC

Sexual health information available to young women in British Columbia is unlikely to include their one-in-five risk of consistently experiencing pain from intercourse or other penetrative forms 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