Letters /
BY: W. Francois Louw, CCFP(EM), FCFP, MBChB(Pret), DA(SA), PgCPain, Adv Dipl Pain Mgt
October 2024
... in pain, stiffness, and function in knee osteoarthritis.[ 2 ] When compared with physiotherapy, a systematic review and ... scores among most participants through a mean follow-up of 2.5 years.[ 5 ] The authors also wish to acknowledge the ...
Letters /
BY: Frank X. Scheuermeyer, MD, MHSc
October 2024
... patients with chest pain, while improving over the past 2 decades,[ 1 ] still has few tools to risk stratify patients ... the provincial introduction of the VCPR to physicians[ 2 ] and a decrease in hospital admissions, but there are ...
Letters /
BY: York N. Hsiang, MB ChB, MHSc, FRCSC
October 2024
... public from harm.” Professional misconduct. In s. 514(2)(b): “A person … commits an offence” who “knowingly ... Powers to search, inspect, seize, and record. In s. 131(2): “An investigator may … without a court order … ... to a fine of not more than $500 000” (s. 518(2)). No review or appeal. In s. 212(1): “a health ...
Letters /
BY: Olivia L. Tseng, MD, PhD, CCFP, FCFP
October 2024
... are at a higher risk of misdiagnosis and delayed care.[ 2 ] Increasing workload to adopt and use EHR Physicians and ... when EHR data are missing or unmeaningfully merged[ 2 , 4 ] and physicians are exhausted with administrative ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Mackenzie A. Campbell, MD
November 2024
... aged 40 to 44 years nearly doubled, from 7.0% to 13.7%.[ 2 ] Therefore, it has become increasingly important to ... oral contraceptive pills be discontinued a minimum of 2 months before measuring serum AMH concentration for ... results, because follicle development is believed to take 2 months.[ 16 ] Reporting of AMH concentrations in BC AMH ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Jude Kornelsen, PhD
November 2024
... and experience) to determine suitability for practice.[ 2 ] It usually involves submission of relevant documents to ...
News /
BY: Laura McLean
November 2024
Has it been more than 2 years since you’ve met with your insurance advisor to ... or if your last disability insurance review was over 2 years ago, a Doctors of BC insurance advisor will be ...
Premise /
BY: Shauna Correia, MDCM, FRCPC
November 2024
... with vulvas/vaginas, genitourinary syndrome of menopause.[ 2 ] Despite this, patients often don’t know which ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Vivek Gill, BHSc
November 2024
... a stillbirth in Canada, of which 567 took place in BC.[ 2-4 ] Nearly all stillbirths occur in a hospital setting,[ 5 ... and group-based activities: (1) reflection journaling, (2) a comfort map, (3) a personal stillbirth journey map, and ... for a future stillbirth-specific care program [ Figure 2 ] . Key insights from the workshops were synthesized from ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Jia Hu, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC
November 2024
... that are less than 30% of a household’s pretax income.[ 2 ] The 2021 census showed that 25.5% of people in BC spend ...