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Obituaries / BY: Boggie Family March 2023
... 50th Anniversary Endowment Fund Committee, which raised $1.5 million to assist medical students. 2005: Established the ...
Obituaries / BY: Bob Newman, MD March 2023
... used to pay $1 per bushel, and Dale would often get $5 to $8 per day digging clams. He was a lifelong reader and ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2023
... drugs to be available for all. Canadians are 3 to 5 times more likely than residents of comparable countries to ... can afford to travel to the US if they really need care.[ 5 ] Many politicians have extolled the virtues of our system ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Tara Lyon March 2023
... in the January/February issue of the BCMJ [2023;65:5]. To learn more about Dr Aldred, read her BC Medical ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Priya Manjoo, MD March 2023
... are generally associated with weight loss of only 3% to 5%, which is often not sustained.[ 4 ] The main goal of ... to care compounds the stigma associated with obesity.[ 5 ] Pharmacotherapy for obesity management is a safe and ... improvement in overall health. Even modest weight loss of 5% to 10% can produce clinically important improvements in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD March 2023
... toxins, such as aconitine in imported sand ginger.[ 5 ] In these cases, the early notification and subsequent ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC April 2023
... 7560 people died from opioid-related toxicity in Canada.[ 5 ] Gaps in mental health care affect youth Mental health ... and aftercare services,” as described in Indicator 3.5.1 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.[ 9 ] ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Stephen Lam, MD, FRCPC April 2023
... of lung cancer cases are diagnosed at stage 4, when the 5-year survival rate is less than 10%.[ 7 ] However, when lung cancers are diagnosed at stage 1, the 5-year survival rate is between 73% and 90%; hence the ... the Box . A 6-year lung cancer risk score greater than 1.5% is required to participate in the screening program. This ...
News April 2023
... within or outside Canada, the plan offers a maximum of $5 million per person, per emergency, to cover medical ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Hannah Gibson, MBChB May 2023
... were recorded among those experiencing homelessness.[ 5 ] People who are homeless also experience low levels of ...