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News / BY: Laura McLean November 2024
Has it been more than 2 years since you’ve met with your insurance advisor to ... or if your last disability insurance review was over 2 years ago, a Doctors of BC insurance advisor will be ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Frank X. Scheuermeyer, MD, MHSc April 2024
... annual visits for chest pain in British Columbia.[ 2 ] While few of these patients will have an acute coronary ... the emergency department with little follow-up testing.[ 2-9 ] In particular, use of the HEART score, which provides ... a HEART-based pathway reduced admissions from 14.7% to 13.2%, a relative 10% decrease.[ 13 ] Considering our setting ...
Editorials / BY: Maziar Badii, MD, FRCPC, MHSc June 2024
... osteoarthritis care of Indigenous patients. Article 2 : Alenezi and colleagues provide an overview of the ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC September 2024
... a reduction in heart disease in some European countries.[ 2 ] In 1991, after 60 Minutes aired a story on the research, ... likely the strictest drinking guidelines of any country.[ 2 , 10 ] Compared with 2012 guidelines, which suggested that ... falls in the elderly, and improved infant development.[ 2 ] The crux of the issue, however, appears to be how older ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD January/February 2024
... An article in the Vancouver Sun from 20 May 2023[ 2 ] discusses this shortage and informs us there are many ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: A. Sidhu, MD May 2024
... Canada has been estimated to be more than $6.4 billion.[ 2 ] Patients typically experience knee pain that is often ... in the treatment group compared with the placebo group at 2 weeks and 6 weeks but not at 12 weeks, which indicated that ...
Letters / BY: Tracy Morton, MD, CCFP, FPCP July/August 2024
... the venerable College Library closed in March 2024.[ 1 , 2 ] It’s a decision I understand, considering how reliable ...
Letters / BY: W. Francois Louw, CCFP(EM), FCFP, MBChB(Pret), DA(SA), PgCPain, Adv Dipl Pain Mgt October 2024
... in pain, stiffness, and function in knee osteoarthritis.[ 2 ] When compared with physiotherapy, a systematic review and ... scores among most participants through a mean follow-up of 2.5 years.[ 5 ] The authors also wish to acknowledge the ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC March 2024
... not seem aligned with the stated needs of our population.[ 2 ] In his recent interview with the BCMJ [2024;66:10-13], ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: William Liu, BHSc June 2024
... presence and subtleties often incomprehensible to humans.[ 2 ] The utility of such tools is exciting; however, concerns ...