April

BC physicians are being asked to take part in a study titled “Concussion diagnosis and management practices among physicians in British Columbia.” The primary investigator is Mr Andrew Robb, an honors kinesiology student in the School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education at the University of Victoria.

Are you a physician practising medicine in British Columbia? Are you or is your spouse having or adopting a baby or planning a pregnancy in the period of 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013?

If you are, then it is important to take advantage of the Parental Leave Program, one of the negotiated benefits administered by the BCMA. In addition to pregnancy benefits for female physicians, the program provides parental benefits for male physicians and adoptive parents. Benefits are payable for up to 17 weeks, at the rate of 50% of eligible income up to a maximum of $1000 per week.

Cambridge University Press has an­nounced that it will publish a new open-access journal on behalf of the Nutrition Society. This new online-only publication, entitled Journal of Nutritional Science (JNS) will sit alongside the four publications al­ready published on behalf of the society: British Journal of Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society and Nutrition Research Reviews. 

The government of Canada has an­nounced support for a new research project aimed at improving the cardiovascular health of people with spinal cord injuries. 

The research project, to be undertaken by the ICORD spinal cord injury research program at UBC and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, is titled “Improving cardiovascular health for Canadians living with spinal cord injury: Effects of exercise and targeted education.” The project is supported by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.