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Letters / BY: Dawn Graham January/February 2001
I would like to respond to and supplement the  excellent article  in the June 2000 issue of the  British Columbia Medical Journal  [42(5):241] by Dr Cairns, dean of the ...
Editorials / BY: Anthony F. Shearer, MB March 2001
I read an article in the  Medical Post  recently which is where, along with the  BCMJ ... the point. The journalist had previously lambasted the medical profession on Ritalin prescribing—conclusions ...
Premise / BY: Richard A. Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC March 2001
See responses to this article. The authors have met on two occasions to discuss the ... Dr Jonathan Fleming, Psychaitrist Dr Jiri Frohlich, Medical biochemist Dr Anthony Fung, Cardiologist Dr Alice ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Doris J. Doudet, PhD April 2001
... been a number of radiotracers developed for SPECT, this article focuses on the use of PET tracers and only points out ... PET team, the Neurodegenerative Disorder Centre, the Medical Research Council of Canada, the Pacific Parkinson’s ... allows longitudinal follow-up of disease progression. This article describes some of these applications of positron ...
Letters / BY: Lorna Sent, MD April 2001
The article " Cervical cancer screening in BC Chinese women " ... so as to maintain the ongoing support of the Chinese medical community. It is interesting that some women in the ... Health Clinic has raised the awareness within the medical community of the higher cervical cancer rates, and it ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christopher R. Honey, MD, DPhil, FRCS May 2001
... outlined elsewhere in this issue of the  British Columbia Medical Journal . A small portion of them, however, have ... web site at  www.interchange.ubc.ca/choney . This review article outlines the current surgical treatment for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christopher Bozek MD, FRCPC May 2001
... population with PD often with concurrent acute or chronic medical and surgical problems. These individuals often have ... PD and sexual function in PD are beyond the scope of this article; please see the  "Suggested reading"  list at the end of this article for more information on these topics. Medical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: A. Jon Stoessl, MD, FRCPC May 2001
... Making a diagnosis of PD does not necessarily mean that medical therapy needs to be started immediately. There is no ... to start treatment and which treatments to choose. This article offers guidelines on how to treat patients at various ...
College Library / BY: Jim Henderson May 2001
... also be sought out. Links to organizations The Canadian Medical Association's  Canadian Bioethics Report  maintains ... field. Please note: As of 30 September 2001 the Canadian Medical Association's URL will change from  www.mdm.ca ... substituting "cma" in the specific URLs given in the article may not be effective. Important sites Canadian ...
Letters / BY: John E. Gray, MD May 2001
The Canadian Medical Protective Association has had an opportunity to review the article by Dr Sedergreen that appeared in the September 2000 issue of the  BC Medical Journal  ( "Massage Therapy—A Review"  [ BCMJ  ...