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Clinical Articles / BY: Jonathan Burns, MD, CCFP(EM) June 2004
... outbreak, technology is making a difference in the way medical information is disseminated. At the time of the ... content. Essentially, it acts as a mobile storage unit for medical information—drug references, dosages, treatment ... Windows CE) operating systems ($499–$759). Another article in this issue discusses these two operating systems ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Bigham, MD June 2004
... Since WNV is also reportable in British Columbia, the medical health officer in the donor’s region will also be ... health in BC and physicians should notify their local medical health officer. Where can I get more information? ... www.traqprogram.ca/wnv-contingencies.asp . See the related article . —ED. —Mark Bigham, MD, FRCPC Canadian Blood ...
Clinical Articles June 2004
... HP/Compaq, Toshiba, Audiovox, Viewsonic, and others. This article focuses on the Palm OS primarily because the vast ... of PDA-owning physicians use a Palm. As a result, most medical applications come out on the Palm first. It should be ... helps address the time lag between reading a journal article and applying it clinically. Having these tools at our ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kathryn Hornby, DMD, MLS, CertMinf July/August 2004
... articles are by far the most-used resource. Finding an article on a chosen topic is still most efficiently done ... abstracts provide details and interpretation of one article’s findings, review articles summarize the findings ... good sources of guidelines are provided by the Canadian Medical Association ( ...
Letters / BY: Paul R. Latimer, MD July/August 2004
... ) you have defended your decision to publish the article on acupuncture ( “Treatment of fibromyalgia with ... ). As part of your defence, you point out that some medical conditions defy pathological categorization while ... You may still argue that your decision to publish an article has many components, as you have done, but please ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Edna Durbach, Ed.D October 2004
... proceeded under the guidance of one of the authors of this article (Dr Smith), a senior medical director who initially believed his task as chair was ... The new policy was announced in a site-wide e-mail and an article in the staff newsletter. Members of the task force ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD November 2004
... read it in years. The front cover caught my eye with an article titled “What Your Doctor Wants to Tell You.” Of ... right away, not when you’re leaving.” I copied this article, put a few in my waiting room, and gave some to new ... that this is a disservice to the individual with complex medical problems. With respect to the comments about being ...
Editorials / BY: Clarissa Wallace, MD, FRCPC November 2004
... Yet having the power to affect the outcome of your own medical condition is a mixed blessing. Sometimes we ask ... than to forestall the condition altogether? Dr Metzger’s article discusses past, present, and future options for ... autoimmune loss of beta cell function. The first article by Dr Fung and colleagues outlines methods for more ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC November 2004
... of herbal origin has been well documented. [4-6] The  BC Medical Journal [1]  and a review article [7]  listed the various sources of mercury. They do ...
Letters November 2004
We would like to thank the BC Medical Journal for the opportunity to respond to some of the ... the reliability of the McKenzie assessment based on one  article by Riddle et al . Why he selected this one study and ... need to identify and validate subgroups. Our original article [BCMJ 2004;46:348, 350-352] on the centralization ...