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George Szasz, CM, MD

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News / June 2016

By Douglas Hassan, MD. New York, NY: Page Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-1-68139-655-2. Paperback. Dr Hassan was in several of my classes while working toward his medical degree at UBC in 1987, and then went on to... Read More

Sunscreen
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The skin is our body’s largest organ. Some of its many roles include protecting against pathogens, storing water and lipids, and controlling water loss by preventing water from escaping by evaporation. The skin has... Read More

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Sunday, 16 June, is Father’s Day. On that day I will raise a glass of fine red wine to celebrate the 2484th birthday of Hippocrates, the Greek physician of ancient times, who is considered to be the father of medicine.... Read More

Older couple
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Roger Angle, a longtime contributor to the New York Times, died 2 years ago at age 101. Just a few years earlier (at age 93), he contributed to an article in the New York Times titled “Summers end but our desires last a... Read More

Book stacks in a library
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The recent closure of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Library brought back all sorts of library-related memories. My mind went to 1949 when I was a penniless second-year premed student at McGill University... Read More

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