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News July/August 2022
The British Columbia Medical Journal welcomes article submissions from BC medical ... medical student’s significant achievement in writing an article without any physician coauthors. The J.H. MacDermot ...
Obituaries / BY: Jack and Ruth Albrecht September 2022
... of the Oxford University Musical Club. Following his medical training, and at the end of the war, he served as a medical officer with the Royal Air Force in occupied Germany ... (perhaps in the 1990s), I ran into Bill reading a journal article in the lounge, which also served as the hospital ...
Letters / BY: Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd, FRCPC September 2022
... to family. The failure to mention the weak evidence for medical gender affirmation is of significant concern. Based ... risks outweigh potential benefits and now tightly regulate medical interventions for youth under 18, in favor of ... (and gender dysphoria persistent).[ 6 ] Further, the article avoids discussion of whether youth are capable of ...
News September 2022
Dr Giselle Hunt Ms Elsie Wang The BC Medical Journal welcomes submissions from BC medical students ... MacDermot Prize for Excellence in Medical Journalism: Best article or essay is Dr Giselle Hunt, for her article “Endometriosis: An update on diagnosis and medical ...
Premise / BY: Julie Leising, MD, FRCPC September 2022
... a history of transgender youth is beyond the scope of this article, it is important to note that within medicine there ... youth and adults is often considered in three domains: medical, social, and legal. Medical care in BC is delivered ... comorbid mental health. Dr Sinai cited a Washington Post article[ 24 ] by psychologists Drs Laura Edwards-Leeper and ...
Letters / BY: Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd, FRCPC October 2022
... to family. The failure to mention the weak evidence for medical gender affirmation is of significant concern. Based ... risks outweigh potential benefits and now tightly regulate medical interventions for youth under 18, in favor of ... (and gender dysphoria persistent).[ 6 ] Further, the article avoids discussion of whether youth are capable of ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC October 2022
... Abortion was thereafter controlled by the provinces and medical regulations. Threats of legislation continued, such ... the abortion procedure or its funding. Reading a CBC article[ 1 ] detailing a timeline of abortion in Canada, I ... available to anybody in Canada with a uterus. The article educated me about some of the hard-fought battles ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Troy Grennan, MD, DTM&H, MSc, FRCPC October 2022
... public health control measures in British Columbia. This article provides guidance to primary care providers on when, ... includes droplet and contact precautions (gown, gloves, medical mask, and eye protection). This will also provide ... frequent hand and respiratory hygiene (including wearing a medical mask if out in public). Lesions should be covered ...
MDs To Be / BY: Alessandro Cau, BSc (Hons) November 2022
... SGLT2i confer renoprotection is beyond the scope of this article. In brief, emerging evidence implicates SGLT2i across ... at a lower eGFR were being conducted at the time this article was written. Similarly, SGLT2i are not recommended ... during bouts of prolonged fasting, surgeries, or critical medical illness.[ 34 , 35 ] At the time of writing, there are ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM December 2022
... Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Q: Can I speak to a medical advisor at WorkSafeBC about my patient’s WorkSafeBC ... claim via the RACE line? A: Yes. You can reach a medical advisor via the RACE app or call 604 696-2131 or 1 ... Medical Services Manager, WorkSafeBC Correction:  This article has been revised. Authors provided the highlighted ...