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MDs To Be / BY: Ben Chan, BSc, January/February 2016
... misleading link between vaccinations and autism[ 2 ]). How does one develop a great idea into a fully ...
News / BY: Erin Higgins, January/February 2016
... the median age of Canadians was 39.9 years, compared to 26.2 years in 1971. Seniors have become the fastest-growing age ...
News / BY: Laurie Cooper, January/February 2016
... officer for Divisions of Family Practice, spent 2 weeks volunteering with refugees on the island of Lesvos, ... engine, it is a relatively short crossing by boat (1.5 to 2 hours). Because of this, human smugglers have set up ... to do whatever was needed to help out. We spent just under 2 weeks working with the Starfish Foundation in Molyvos. It ...
Premise / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
... about refusing or withdrawing life-sustaining therapy[ 1,2 ] suggest people may be confused about their right to make ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David Sheps, MD, MSc, MBA, FRCSC, January/February 2016
... when a clear non-union of the fracture developed.[ 1,2 ] In 2000 surgeons began to question whether benign neglect ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Stanger, MD, March 2016
... measures (PROMs) and related them to clinical tests,[ 2-5 ] few of these studies have originated in a nonacademic ... and objective test results were analyzed using a 2-tailed Pearson correlation test. The relationships ... results for the hip patients ( Figure 1  and  Figure 2 ) and for the knee patients ( Figure 3 ) each show a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC, March 2016
... for 21 years and co-director for another 10 years.[ 1,2 ] During his time at the University of Washington, Dr Bruce ... of the Association of University Cardiologists in 1969.[ 2,6 ] As a believer in practising his own medicine, Dr Bruce ... colleagues on 11 February 2004 in Seattle, Washington.[ 2,6 ] He passed away the next day at age 87 after a 13-year ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rosemary Basson, MD, FRCP(UK) March 2016
... is most commonly due to provoked vestibulodynia (PVD).[ 2 ] Despite inclusion of PVD as a topic in undergraduate, ... pain is associated with overgrowth of Candida albicans.[ 2 ] Typically, a severe yeast infection is treated but the ... more women. Participants attend eight weekly sessions of 2.25 hours each and complete home assignments to nurture ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC March 2016
... patients were tested using the service, of which eight (2%) had a positive result. Most surveyed participants found ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD March 2016
Over the past 2 years the Patterns of Practice Committee (POPC) stepped up ... as outlined in the MSC Payment Schedule and Preamble.  2.    If you have any questions regarding the proper use ...