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George Szasz, CM, MD
Evidenced-based medicine was formally defined in 1966 by Dr David Sackett, a professor of epidemiology at McMaster University, as “the conscientious and judicious use of current best evidence from clinical care research... Read More
I am a hugger, so the physical distancing rules that have been in place during the past months put a cramp on my usual interpersonal behavior. The phenomenon of physically staying away from one’s friends and loved ones—... Read More
A hospital, a school, a community centre, a park, a museum, a research institution, or any other public facility in BC that bears the name of a physician reveals the impact that doctors have in our society well beyond... Read More
Originally called Dominion Day, Canada Day is a statutory holiday that celebrates the unification of three North American British colonies. On 1 July 1867 the British North America Act joined New Brunswick, Nova Scotia... Read More
I often witnessed the most heartwarming sight while doing my weekly post–hip replacement rehab exercises on a stationary bike next to a window at the West Vancouver Community Centre. Little kids, probably 3 or 4 years... Read More
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing, public demonstrations for racial equality, and caring for my wife in her deep dementia, there was a lovely short pause in my life. For the last month we had... Read More
I love dictionaries. I have at least a dozen different ones, including several medical dictionaries. I cannot even lift my Random House Dictionary of the English Language, and my Canadian Oxford Dictionary is only a bit... Read More
Dr Mark Elliott’s article in the BCMJ’s January/February issue is an earnest, simplified, yet still confounding explanation of CRISPR,[1] an emerging genetic manipulation procedure for patients suffering from... Read More
A few weeks ago, while standing in a lineup for toilet tissue, my friend, standing 6 feet away, turned to me laughing, and said, “You know, in 1973 the comedian Johnny Carson read some false information about toilet... Read More
During my first few months of general practice in North Vancouver in the mid-1950s, one of the senior internal-medicine doctors asked me if I could make a daily short visit to one of his patients while he was away for... Read More