Letters /
BY: Alexander G. Nagy, MD
December 2005
... day to read the articles on mentoring ( BCMJ 2005;47[7] ). I hope the fact that English is my fourth language will ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Marina Leichner, RN
January/February 2005
... with anorexia nervosa restrictive type. She has lost 7 kg over the past 6 weeks and is continuing to lose weight. ...
Interviews /
BY: Michael Golbey, MD
September 2005
... physician? On a normal day I get to the hospital at about 7:30, and I typically have anywhere between two and half a ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP
April 2005
... Saturday, 15 October 2005 • Coast Capri Hotel, Kelowna 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Conference highlights • Diagnosing ... Jill Musser at 604 276-3329. Registration deadline: 7 October 2005. To download registration form, visit the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: B. Lynn Beattie, MD, FRCPC
November 2005
... dementia with tangles” was first described by Ulrich [7] and later referred to as a “neurofibrillary tangle ... The incidence of this subtype of dementia ranges from 0.7% to 7.7% in several autopsy series and reached 8.3% and 10.2% in ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Michael D.D. McNeely, MD, FRCPC, FCACB
July/August 2005
... Hospital has developed an excellent equation of its own. [7] Interpreting the test The BC guidelines define the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ian Gardiner, MD
December 2005
... foci in 8.9%, multicentric (different quadrant) foci in 7.1%, and contralateral foci in 4.5% ( Figure 4 ). They noted ... mammography is less sensitive than MRI in these cases. [5,7,11] Residual disease After breast conserving surgery, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Deirdre Ryan, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCPC
March 2005
... [6] • A history of depression before conception. [7] • A family history of depression, particularly PPD. [7,8] In addition, several other factors may contribute to the ... that reflect how she has been feeling over the past 7 days. Responses are scored as 0, 1, 2, or 3, for a maximum ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David A. Wood, MD, FRCPC
October 2005
... on cardiovascular mortality in patients with diabetes. [7] There is now a general consensus that lowering lipid ... total cholesterol levels <4.5 mmol/L, and triglycerides <1.7 mmol/L. In addition, the patients in the intensive therapy ... the year 2000. The trial was conducted, on average, over 7.8 years. The cardiovascular events comprised death from ...
Obituaries /
BY: N.J. Donnelly, MD
June 2005
... eventually passing away from a debilitating stroke on 7 October 2004. He had been predeceased earlier in the year ...