News
December 2010
... community partners to fight breast cancer. Over the past 4 years BC has increased spending on screening mammography by ...
News /
BY: Nicole Racette, MD,
March 2010
... care. The clinic is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The goal is for all patients to be seen and treated ... 3N1; phone: 604 875-2592 (Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.); fax: 604 875-3136; ...
News
September 2010
... The BC government recently invested in a $48 million, 4-year pilot project—the Seek and Treat program—in Prince ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jennifer M. Wilson, MD, FRCPC,
May 2010
... 3 ] and the use of donor organs after cardiac death.[ 4 ] One exciting new approach that may increase the supply of ... diet, and exercise. Patients are reassessed every 3 to 4 months by the transplant team to ensure that they remain in ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC
November 2010
... committed an impaired driving offence within the previous 4 hours; (b) the driver was involved in a crash resulting in ... and if drawing blood would endanger the patient. 4) The Criminal Code should be amended to remove the ...
Premise /
BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD,
January/February 2010
... skin and extracting the air by suction or prior heating.[ 4 ] Leeches used for bloodletting usually involved the ...
News
July/August 2010
... varied widely across health regions in BC over a 4-year period. Published in the June issue of Obstetrics & ...
Obituaries /
BY: M. Graham Clay, MD,
April 2010
... Bud became a director of the BCMA, a position he held for 4 years. He also joined the Negotiating Committee in 1973, ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Kukuh Noertjojo, MD,
October 2010
... 3 ] during Achilles tendon surgery to promote healing,[ 4 ] and treating Achilles tendinopathy.[ 5 ] Lower-quality and lower-level studies[ 1-4 ] showed the effectiveness of PRP in treating various ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Wilma Arruda, MD,
January/February 2010
... some facts about ADHD: • ADHD prevalence rates point to 4% to 6% in children, with approximately 70% persistence ... opportunities. The Multimodal Treatment Study (MTA),[ 4 ] now in follow-up of several years’ duration, continues ...