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News&Notes / BY: Michal Smialowski, MD, January/February 2014
... sunny day the following spring and we were hooked. People laughed when we told them we were moving away from ... were really bad, we would chain up our truck and shuttle people up from the main road after they radioed us (there was ... while in the confines of a helicopter. Since most people here live on acreages, the chopper can land in the ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2013
... it? I probably worked too much, and made too many other people’s problems my own, which may have been a contributor ... something that the BCMA has done right, but not many people know about? I think it would be great if we could ...
News&Notes / BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC December 2013
... The current abundance of health apps motivates many people to download and use these tools without any guidance ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... the CEO of an organization? That’s a good question. People might also ask, “How did a lawyer end up being the ... senior public servants are more important than sometimes people can appreciate—and are less politically laden than people sometimes imagine. So often, there is no political ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2012
... a 3-month probation through the IMG program, and of those people who go through the probation, half of them will be ... I was amazed, when I was closing the practice, how many people had been with me the full 36 years I’d been in ... is tremendous. You make a good living, you can influence people to make good decisions, and you have influence in the ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD December 2012
... 18th century, the society promoted the rescue of drowning people, and paid 4 guineas (about $160 today) to anyone who ... or smoldered as “bum cigars.” American First Nations people used tobacco as a medicine and pioneered the use of ...
News&Notes / BY: Dan Small, PhD, MPhil Cantab, January/February 2011
... ethnography published on the equally exotic Nacirema people.[ 1 ] While there is some debate among scholars as to ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, June 2011
... tumorigenesis, and viral replication.[ 4 ] Since people with HIV/AIDS are known to have elevated levels of ... stimulated the growth of “buyers’ clubs,” groups of people with HIV/AIDS, particularly in New York and ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2011
... he was lucky to have worked with such supportive and fine people. He also acknowledged the contribution of the BCMA ... their unique perspective.   “I will work hard to bring people together, and to keep this organization strong. I can ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2011
... to become a doctor? You mentioned an interest in helping people. Early in my life I felt that I would like to be a ... Can you tell me about them? Yes. They are wonderful young people and I’m very close to them. A lot of people ask why none have gone into medicine, and it’s ...