Letters /
BY: Joel Fox, MD (PGY-1 Psychiatry)
September 2016
First, thank you for a very important and well-written article [ BCMJ 2016;58:203-209 ].I took a look at the four ... or exercise modalities? Thanks again for a stimulating article! —Joel Fox, MD (PGY-1 Psychiatry) Vancouver Letters ...
Letters /
BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2016
... claims of better tests for Lyme disease, in their November article “Diagnostic testing for Lyme disease: Beware of ... number on a scale of 200. For the data shown in the article, the reference two-step testing yields a ...
Letters /
BY: Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP
January/February 2016
Reading the article on the use of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) for treatment of ... to the very marginal benefits of this expensive drug. The article conveniently failed to rationally address the concept ... this drug. That is why it is not widely used, as the article points out. Public health dollars could be spent more ...
Letters /
BY: Ashley Roberts, MD, FRCPC,
January/February 2016
We thank Dr Brown for his interest in our article, “ Management of influenza infection in children ... stockpiling of oseltamivir are outside the scope of our article. Our article provides practical local guidance for the diagnosis ...
Letters /
BY: Andy Hamilton, MD,
January/February 2016
... to Drs Chan, Hwang, and Karimuddin for a well-researched article on the state of wait lists in BC [ BCMJ ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Michael Stanger, MD,
March 2016
... surgery based on support for the 1-year interval in an article by Browne and colleagues.[ 7 ] In the case of ...
Letters /
BY: Alan Tung, MD
March 2016
I really appreciate the article by Ms Young and Dr Everett [ BCMJ 2015;57:434-437 ] ... judgement of risks and benefits differs from ours? The article’s algorithm is easy to read and apply, and will ... us determine competency. Thanks again for the informative article. —Alan Tung, MD Resident Physician, PGY-1 UBC ...
Letters /
BY: Stephen D. Anderson, MD, FRCPC
March 2016
... for over 20 years, I thoroughly enjoyed reading the article from Ms Young and Dr Everett regarding an ethical ... two complex cases they presented was not discussed in the article. The first case involved a patient who had both ...
News
March 2016
... organs without metastasizing to the rest of the body. The article “Synchronous Endometrial and Ovarian Carcinomas: ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: Benjamin Millar, MD,
March 2016
... practice approaches among health professionals. A recent article that discussed the benefits, risks, and opportunities ... (CPD) for practising health professionals. This article intends to illuminate how social media has been ...