In Canada over 50% of acute care hospital beds are currently occupied by seniors (persons aged 65 years and older) on any particular day.[1] Moreover, one-third of older persons admitted to acute... Read More

Canadian resources for drug therapy information is sparse compared to the voluminous material available from the United States. The relative brevity of Canadian content listed in the Dalhousie... Read More

Lyme disease (LD) is a tick-borne zoonosis caused in North America by infection with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto. Humans acquire LD through the bite of an infected... Read More

Injured construction workers tend to be away from work longer than injured workers in any other industry. In June 2010 injured construction workers in BC were off the job for an average of 73 days. A... Read More

iPad winner: UBC med student Mr Michael Yang. Late last year, as part of attracting followers to the BCMJ’s new social media channels, we announced that we’d be giving away an iPad to a winner... Read More