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Clinical Articles / January/February 2006

Use of crystal methamphetamine and other club drugs among high school students in Vancouver and Victoria

BY: Thomas M. Lampinen, PhD, Doug McGhee, MD, Ian Martin, MD, CCFP,

Background Crystal methamphetamine (MA) is a powerfully addictive central nervous stimulant that is typically inhaled (snorted), smoked, eaten, or injected. Heavy MA use can lead to serious... Read More

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

Breast magnetic resonance imaging

BY: Ian Gardiner, MD, Urve Kuusk, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Bruce B. Forster, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Audrey Spielmann, MD, FRCPC

Breast cancer will be diagnosed in approximately 2500 women in BC this year. BC has the highest incidence of breast cancer in Canada, but it also has the best survival rate. This is due in part to... 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

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)
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