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BY: Rory Sutherland, UBC MD Candidate, Class of 2019
March 2017
... as their first-degree relatives (FDRs) and spouses, in BC. The Study to Avoid cardioVascular Events in British Columbia (SAVE BC) is currently recruiting patients from SPH and VGH, with a ... index cases undergo a baseline visit at a SAVE BC referral centre, currently established at UBCH and SPH in Vancouver, ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Shelley Ross, MD
April 2017
... of Drugs with Potential for Misuse/Diversion )[ 1 ] make BC doctors the first in Canada to be legally bound by ... when tapering off long-term opioid treatment. Doctors of BC president, Dr Alan Ruddiman, reiterates the need for such ... ). Other guidelines and resources The BC Centre on Substance Use published A Guideline for the ...
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BY: Brent Weiss
April 2017
... General Hospital (in a community that only sports a health centre). After many years of playing, Dr Cawkell stepped down ... to meet fellow physicians from near or far throughout BC and beyond and informally exchange knowledge and discuss ... is this fierce but amicable competition. Doctors of BC has supported the event for the past 2 years and looks ...
News
April 2017
... to die sooner, according to new research from UBC and the BC Cancer Agency. The study is among the first to examine the ... followed 684 patients undergoing treatment at the BC Cancer Agency in Vancouver and Surrey. The patients were ... head of radiation oncology at the BC Cancer Agency’s Centre for the North in Prince George. No data was available ...
News
April 2017
... Donna Reece and Suzanne Trudel, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Dr Nizar Bahlis, University of Calgary; and Dr François Bénard, BC Cancer Agency. Patients will be recruited by the study ...
News
April 2017
... about participating in the trial at stridercanada@cw.bc.ca . The research team is co-led by Dr Kenneth Lim, ... head for the maternal-fetal medicine program at UBC and BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, and Professor Peter von Dadelszen, academic head of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Geoff C. Jarvie, MD, MHSc
May 2017
... year to receive a routine shoulder MRI at a local care centre. The results of this study indicate that the ... between referring and specialist diagnoses in one BC study highlights the need for improved collaboration ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM
May 2017
In January 2017 the BC Minister of Health announced the approval of publicly ... of vaccination. The vaccine that will be used in the BC program is the 9-valent HPV vaccine (HPV9 or Gardasil 9, ... Programs and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Service BC Centre for Disease Control BC Centre for Disease Control HPV ...
Editorials /
BY: Brian Day, MB
May 2017
... years of court experience. In court we (the Cambie Surgery Centre and six patients) are opposed by 22 lawyers and a ... and publications should not be allowed into evidence. The BC Health Minister was called as a witness, and they opposed ... Quebec (Attorney General) case lasted just a few months. BC lists over 85 000 patients on wait lists, timed from ...