Dr Susan Haigh After 22 years Dr Susan Haigh is leaving the BCMJ Editorial Board. Susan joined the Board in 1994, marking the first year it had more than one... Read More

Are you a physician practising medicine in British Columbia? Are you or your spouse having or adopting a baby or planning a pregnancy between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017? If so, it is important... Read More

According to new Canadian research, there is insufficient evidence to show that the various short questionnaires physicians use to ask about symptoms of depression in children and adolescents... Read More

A new technology that analyzes a person’s natural speech to detect and monitor Alzheimer disease and other cognitive disorders won the AGE-WELL Pitch Competition: Technology to Support People with... Read More

Influenza vaccine has been administered to pregnant women since the 1950s, initially to those with high-risk medical conditions such as chronic heart or lung disease and later to health care workers... Read More