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Letters /
BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC
May 2013
... forward. The considerable potential for this relationship[ 1 ] will only be realized when there is transparency on the ...
News
May 2013
... Institute for Health Information (CIHI) reports that 1 in 200 seniors was hospitalized because of an adverse drug reaction between 2010 and 2011, compared with 1 in 1000 of all other Canadians. The number of seniors ... (12.6%). This was followed by chemotherapy drugs (12.1%) and opioids (7.4%). The report, “Adverse Drug ...
News
May 2013
... under provincial and territorial health programs. As of 1 April, regular members and special constables who reside in ...
News
May 2013
MSP fees New MSP fees effective as of 1 April have now been implemented. This includes new fee ... services (A-lettered items) increased by 2% effective 1 April. These new fees are posted on the BCMA website at ... sessional rates have been increased by 0.5% effective 1 April 2013. The new rates are posted on the BCMA website at ...
News
May 2013
... a significant portion of the student body. Only 1% of students surveyed in 2004 expected a debt load of $160 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Paul J. Yong, MD, PhD, FRCSC
June 2013
... women, CPP has a major impact on women’s health.[ 1-4 ] While endometriosis is the most common gynecological cause of CPP, responsible for $1.8 billion in total annual costs in Canada, chronic pelvic ... may play in CPP, described in the SOGC guidelines,[ 1 ] a musculoskeletal assessment of the spine, hip, pelvis ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Mel Krajden, OBC, MD, FRCPC
June 2013
... have chronic HCV, including 80 000 British Columbians.[ 1 ] Most infections in Canada relate to current or past ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Michael A Benusic, UBC Medical Class of 2014,
June 2013
... be endocrine disruptors, and 25% could be carcinogenic.[ 1 ] Obviously these chemicals are of concern, and ...
Editorials /
BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD
June 2013
... drugs, disability forms, or medical marijuana.[ 1 ] The purpose of this editorial is not to question the ... this editorial is about you, the physician, who on 1 April 2014 will be handed the spoils of the failed Health ... Admittedly, completing and processing the required forms B(1) and B(2) can be cumbersome and slow. Once authorized, the ...