News
April 2020
... completed prior to surgery. The intervention comprised two 1-hour sessions of supervised resistance and aerobic training ...
News
April 2020
... a practitioner of the facility. The BCP came into effect 1 April 2020. Eligible physicians are those who provide ...
Premise /
BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC
April 2020
... principle, which is sometimes called group selection[ 1 ] and sometimes called cooperation.[ 2 ] Even Darwin had ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: J. Connell, BSc, MPH
April 2020
... that the burden of rheumatic diseases is increasing.[ 1 ] In BC rheumatologic care is primarily delivered in an ... Guidelines recommend a rheumatologist-to-patient ratio of 1:70 000, which meant that the BC population was ... a Multidisciplinary Conference billing code G31060 (as of 1 April 2020 called the Multidisciplinary Care Assessment ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: T. Justin Dhinsa, BSc
May 2020
... and the second most common being Ewing sarcoma.[ 1 , 2 ] Osteosarcoma is a malignant mesenchymal neoplasia ... and females tend to present at a younger age than males.[ 1 ] Both diseases most commonly occur in the metaphyses of ... times before being referred to tertiary care [ Figure 1 ]. Before referral, the patient saw walk-in clinic ...
Obituaries /
BY: Ian A. MacDonald, MD, FRCPC
May 2020
Dr Jim Sherstan was born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, on 1 April 1933, was raised and schooled in tiny prairie towns, ...
Letters /
BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC
May 2020
... integrate digital health into mainstream health care. On 1 November 2019, a panel at the Technologies in Emergency ...
News /
BY: Shawna Mann, MD, FRCPC
May 2020
Kidney donation in British Columbia is on the rise,[ 1 ] and that means the number of kidney donors in the ...
News
May 2020
... contact the Doctors Technology Office at: 604 638-5841 (1 800 665 2262), dtoinfo@doctorsofbc.ca , or visit ...
News, COVID-19 /
BY: Roxanne Joyce
May 2020
... and referral services. Our intake line is open 24/7 (1 800 663-6729). Our general office line is 604 398-4300 ...