Dr Asoke Dutt was incorrectly referenced as Dr Datt in the In Memoriam piece on Dr Frederick Norman Rigby published in the BCMJ [2017;59:318-319]. The correction has been made online at www... Read More

International guidelines for the treatment of hip and knee osteoarthritis recommend education, exercise, weight management (if required), and medication if needed. Currently, Canada has no OA... Read More

One of the priorities in the 2015 ministerial mandate letter to the Canadian Minister of Health was to raise awareness about the treatment of concussions.[1] The Public Health Agency of Canada was... Read More

The Billing Integrity Program (BIP) uses two main methods to monitor payments for services rendered by practitioners who bill MSP on a fee-for-service basis: service verification audits (SVAs) and... Read More

Invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infections have been reportable in BC since 1997. Since that time, two periods of heightened activity have been observed: in 2008 when 259 confirmed cases were... Read More