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Letters / BY: G. Frank O. Tyers, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FACC, ABS, ABTS May 2006
... private system. —ED [See responses to this letter:  1 ,  2 ,  3 Letters Re: Status quo--not an option ...
Letters / BY: Ken Bassett, MD, PhD May 2006
... of community educational sessions around BC, ranging from 1-hour CME rounds to 1-day courses. The main purpose of these is to provide an ... for periods ranging from a few days to a maximum of 1 to 2 years. Clinical trials usually compare a drug’s ...
News / BY: Adam Lund, MD, MEd May 2006
... sex. For more information, visit  www.liver.ca  or call 1 800 563-5483. New BCMA Core-Plus insurance program Commencing 1 July 2006, the BCMA will offer new expanded and ... and dental expenses. The plan will have two components: 1. The Core Plan, underwritten by Sun Life, will provide you ...
Premise / BY: Michael K. McIsaac, BA, May 2006
... method in a remote First Nations community.” [1]  (However, note that the author does not say that ... members of your family and community commit suicide in a 1-year period? How would you grieve? How would you achieve or ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD May 2006
... funding was $500 million, which was later increased to $1.1 billion to achieve this goal. Physicians and other health ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP June 2006
... advise workers who are having problems with their claims (1 800 663-4261). Need to know more? Further information on ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS June 2006
... to specialty care physicians. The term of the agreement is 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2012. Although it is a 6-year ... years. The combined increases result in an increase of 19.1% over 4 years, or an average of 4.5% annually. Some ... from fee-for-service payments to a service contract. • $1 million to support surgeons participating in the surgical ...
Letters / BY: David Pearson, MD June 2006
... “preferred test” (barium enema) missed 14% (nearly 1 in 5) cancers, dooming these unfortunate people. A ...
Letters / BY: Joelle Bradley, MD, June 2006
Dr Graham’s article for WorkSafeBC ( BCMJ  2006;48[1]:36)  makes intuitive sense but is not feasible. He ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD June 2006
... response  to my letter on CVD in diabetes  (BCMJ 2006;48[1]:10-12) . I suggested that the “vast majority of” (not ... the Canadian Diabetes Association guidelines for lipids, [1]  there are currently two targets: LDL-C <2.5 mmol/L and ...