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Proust for Physicians / BY: Erik T. Paterson, MD November 2010
... Initiating and bringing the public campaign against BC Hydro’s Kootenay Diversion Project to a successful ... or mail it (BCMJ 115-1665 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6J 5A4). E-mail journal@bcma.bc.ca . E-mail us and we’ll send you a blank MS Word ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC November 2010
... that triggered the rapid expansion that has resulted in BC’s leading position in this field.  The first patients ... first described in 1978.[ 17 ] Several other cities in BC now have dialysis units and train patients to treat ... later by St. Paul’s.  Several hundred patients in BC are now dialyzing themselves independently at home; about ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP November 2010
... workplace exposure is suspected, please contact WorkSafe­BC’s prevention branch at 1 888 621-7233. For more ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD December 2010
... of outcomes for patients treated for rectal cancer in BC.[ 1 ] Pelvic recurrence at 4 years occurred in 16% of ... Tumour Group of the Surgical Oncology Network (SON) of the BC Cancer Agency de­signed a management plan aimed at ... the clinical guidelines for rectal cancer management in BC (see  Figure ) were chang­­ed to recommend short-course ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lauren MacDonald, BScH, MSc, December 2010
... to late sequelae.[ 11 ] Surveillance practice in BC In BC most adult survivors of childhood cancer have been ... and recovery to survivor care.[ 10 ]  Currently in BC there is no separate funding available to support such a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, December 2010
... fires. Physicians and public health practitioners across BC can (and did) work together to reduce the health effects ... you to Population Health Surveillance and Epidemiology, BC Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport, the Office of the ... and Sarah Henderson, environmental health scientist, BC Centre for Disease Control. This article has not been peer ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Wilma Arruda, MD, December 2010
... Susan is not ready for kindergarten. Almost one-third of BC children eligible for kindergarten are not developmentally ... development in British Columbia: • “Today only 71% of BC children arrive at kindergarten meeting all the ... it could be, the current vulnerability rate signals that BC now tolerates an unnecessary brain drain that will ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD December 2010
... also contains author profiles and video interviews so that BC physicians can learn more about their colleagues, get more ...
Interviews December 2010
... his patients, Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP, has been recognized as BC Family Physician of the Year. Dr Wilson is dedicated to ... and dedication to research and teaching. Interviews BC Family Physician of the Year: Dr Ronald Wilson ...
Letters / BY: Gwen Isaacs, MD, December 2010
... to screening for colorectal cancer. I live and work in BC, so I am reporting on the situation in this province, but ... in Canada today. There are 2400 new cases diagnosed in BC every year. The province is currently developing a study ... colonoscopy.  Un­fortunately, the gastroenterologists in BC are far too busy to perform screening colonoscopies, and ...