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Letters / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2020
... Dr Paula Gordon for her time and thought in reviewing our article and for providing valuable feedback for ... distribution of breast density by age (Figure 3 in our article) does not confirm an aberration in the trend for each ... important topic in breast health. —Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC Medical Director, BC Cancer Breast Screening Program On ...
Letters / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD January/February 2020
... requires a multifaceted approach. Acknowledging that medical literature supports that long-term use of opioids ... few long-term improvements in pain and function,[ 2 ] the article aimed to introduce multimodal approaches for patients ... prescribing.[ 3 ] —Peter Rothfels, MD WorkSafeBC Chief Medical Officer and Director of Clinical Services —Olivia ...
News January/February 2020
... the need to take medication unnecessarily and have regular medical visits and follow-up blood tests to check TSH levels, ... journal Systematic Reviews visit https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-019-1181-7 . The Canadian Task Force ...
Letters / BY: Chris Little, MD, FRCPC March 2020
Thank you to Dr Mark Elliot for his article outlining the potential benefits of psychedelic ... an open mind we should also remain highly critical. The medical community must not legitimize unfounded theories, and ... come under scrutiny by many, both inside and outside the medical community. With this being said, we question Dr ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP March 2020
... Ottawa, and Brampton. Rather than being discarded as medical waste after the natural process of delivery, cord ... Dr Tanya Petraszko, Canadian Blood Services associate medical director for Western Canada and medical director for ... all kindly provided editorial assistance for this article. Beyond Medicine Canadian Blood Services: More than ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Alexis Crabtree, MD, MPH, PhD, CCFP, FRCPC April 2020
... Korea, are responding to local outbreaks. By the time this article is published, the global picture will likely look very different. This article describes the health system response to a novel ... Columbia, the provincial health officer, your local medical health officers, and the BCCDC are committed to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Antonia Hyman, MSc April 2020
... for Indigenous patients.[ 2-5 ] Specifically, UNDRIP article 24.1 states: Indigenous peoples have the right to ... to support health care professionals. Nevertheless, medical trainees in Canada still receive limited education on ... ] The video and guide are also now integrated into the UBC medical school undergraduate curriculum. A Coming Together of ...
News May 2020
... Heart Association , a study led by Dr Elad Maor of Sheba Medical Center in Israel, in collaboration with the Mayo ... that it may have other applications as well. The Sheba Medical Center will begin a clinical trial based on this ... the voice can be used to identify respiratory disease. The article, “Vocal biomarker is associated with ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2020
... areas as Editorial Board wrangling, finance, ad sales, and article submissions (to name a few). She has adjusted to many ... observations on both our organization and the provincial medical system. We wish Kash the very best in the next ...
Back Page / BY: Ed Martin, BA May 2020
... be here on a Thursday morning to help instruct second-year medical students on how to perform the male genital and ... never expect. One September day in 2009 I was reading an article in Maclean’s about a new way of interviewing ... next class of medical students. Shortly after reading the article, I contacted the University of British Columbia’s ...