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BCMJ, 60 years
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Happy 60th birthday BCMJ!

BY: George Szasz, CM, MD

Happy 60th birthday to the writers, editors, designers, and all others who create the BC Medical Journal! This journal forms a common bond for the doctors of our province. In addition to presenting... Read More

RubiK's cube
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Cod, beavers, doctors, the Rubik’s cube, and BC Day

BY: George Szasz, CM, MD

My beloved wife is in the unreachable depths of her dementia. She often wakes up in the middle of the night with moans and groans of unexplained etiology. She is being looked after by our highly... Read More

advances in modern medical technology
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Stack up on smart toilet paper!

BY: George Szasz, CM, MD

Recently I have been reading about the not-too-distant future when our toilet tissue will give us a reading on the microbial chemicals in our intestines, with recommendations of foods that we should... Read More

Health by Nature
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Healthy-by-Nature is launching this summer with Outside-and-Unplugged walks!

BY: Jennie McCaffrey

A BC Parks Foundation Initiative With people increasingly glued to phones and computers, a walk in the park might be exactly what the doctor ordered, and on 21 July they’ll be doing more than... Read More

Celebrating health holidays
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Celebrating health holidays

BY: George Szasz, CM, MD

Hungarian being my mother tongue, I often wonder about the use of certain words in my adopted English language. With the approach of the summer season, I took interest in the word holiday. In the... Read More

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BCMJ

The BCMJ is a general medical journal that shares knowledge while building connections among BC physicians.

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ISSN 0007‍-‍0556 (Print)
ISSN 2293‍-‍6106 (Online)
Established 1959