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Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC March 2008
... •  “Ching Wan Hung” ointment containing myrrha (1.35%) with seven other ingredients and Chinese herbs. •  ... Aconiti tuber lateralis has cardiac side effects.[ 1 ] Allergic contact dermatitis occurs with myrrha.[ 2 ] ...
News March 2008
Passport Canada announced a new guarantor policy on 1 October 2007 that allows most adult Canadian passport ...
News March 2008
... and having a baby or planning a pregnancy in the period of 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009? If you are, then it is ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Jonathan Fenton, MD, FRCS, March 2008
... of acute shoulder pain. The calcium is most commonly found 1 to 2 cm from the insertion of the supraspinatus tendon and, ... Adult Low Back Pain and Work-related Asthma. Each of these 1.5-hour sessions is accredited for 1.5 Mainpro-C credits (=3 Mainpro-M1 credits). The foundation ...
Premise / BY: Benedikt Fischer, PhD, April 2008
... use (e.g., injection drug use) over the past 20 years.[ 1 , 2 ] SCS’s main aims are to reduce mortality and ... public order problems associated with street drug use.[ 1 , 2 , 9 , 10 ]  As such, SCS represent a valuable piece in ...
News&Notes / BY: Tara Lyon April 2008
... 20 years, from $2 per issue in 1985, to an average of $1.10 per issue in 2007. It seems an old adage can be ...
News&Notes / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, April 2008
... objectives (numbered items at right) are valid over a 1- to 2-year planning timeframe, and the key strategic ... services: Enhance the responsiveness to member needs 1. Satisfied members whose needs have been heard and, where ... medical students Improved physician health and work life 1. Improved physician health and well-being 2.  Improved ...
Letters / BY: Mike Figurski, MD, CA-CPHIMS April 2008
... solutions for electronic medical records [BCMJ 2008;50(1):12-13]. I too encouraged the PITO Committee to include ... Dr Golbey’s response on PITO’s behalf [ BCMJ 2008;50(1):14 ] did nothing to answer the question of “why no open ... for leadership from the BCMA. Com­mitting even 0.1% of the short-term PITO implementation budget ($138 ...
Letters / BY: Ian A. MacDonald, MD, FRCPC April 2008
... in their rebuttal to CAST concerns [ BCMJ 2008;50(1):15-16 ]. Their as­sertion that “The most effective and ...
Letters / BY: David Hawkins, MD, April 2008
... only special needles are to be used in the office as of 1 October 2008 [ BCMJ 2008;50(1):16 ]. I have some questions that I would like answered for myself, and I am sure they apply to all GPs in BC. 1. Since GPs are not covered by WorkSafeBC then do we ...