July

The 2017 J.H. MacDermot Prize for Excellence in Medical Journalism: Best article or essay was awarded to Drs Justin Burton, Emma Dowds, and Alexander Dodd for their article, “First aid training for seniors: Preventing falls and medical morbidity in the elderly” [BCMJ 2017;59:189-191].

By Daniel M. Davis. Doubleday Canada, 2018. ISBN-10: 0385686765. Hardcover, 272 pages.

Dr McGeer and colleagues report on a study of the neuroinflammatory process leading to the cognitive deficits that define Alzheimer disease clinical onset in an article titled “Alzheimer’s disease can be spared by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs,” published in the Journal of Alzheimer Disease.

Thank you for publishing the article, “Infertility: Testing and diagnosis for the community physician,” by Dr Caitlin Dunne in the May 2018 issue of the BCMJ.

In my editorial, I wrote that it would require a “brave candidness” for physicians to admit that infertility affects us, too. Thank you for your letter, and for your bravery.

Your initiative in writing to the Medical Services Commission is also laudable. Their dismissive response is not only disappointing but also incorrect.