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WorkSafeBC / April 2019

Indoor air quality

By: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP

Indoor air quality in an office environment is meant to be safe and comfortable. The office environment is very different from the industrial setting. Toxic emissions in an office setting are not... Read More

A woman is coughing
BC Centre for Disease Control / April 2019

British Columbia’s Tuberculosis Strategic Plan: Refreshed and focused on TB elimination

By: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH, Victoria J. Cook, MD, FRCPC

Despite being both preventable and curable, tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent.[1] In 2017, an... Read More

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Council on Health Promotion / April 2019

Canadian physicians support mandatory alcohol screening

By: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC, Robert Solomon, LLB, LLM, Erika Chamberlain, PhD

In May 2010, the Canadian Medical Association passed the following resolution: “The Canadian Medical Association supports the use of random breath tests (i.e., MAS) in existing police spot-check... Read More

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College Library / April 2019

DynaMed Plus: Updated point-of-care tool now available

By: Robert Melrose

The College Library now subscribes to DynaMed Plus, the updated version of DynaMed. Like its predecessor, DynaMed Plus is a point-of-care resource providing current disease guidance and... Read More

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News / April 2019

Protein “switch” could be key to controlling blood poisoning

Scientists at the University of British Columbia have discovered a new protein “switch” that could stop the progression of sepsis and increase the chances of surviving the life-threatening disease... 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