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Letters / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2020
... Dr Paula Gordon for her time and thought in reviewing our article and for providing valuable feedback for ... distribution of breast density by age (Figure 3 in our article) does not confirm an aberration in the trend for each ... important topic in breast health. —Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC Medical Director, BC Cancer Breast Screening Program On ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS June 2020
The impact of COVID-19 on medical education is unprecedented, far reaching, and presents unique challenges to medical schools.[ 1-3 ] Mitigating strategies should be ... be extrapolated to other crisis situations. This article outlines key lessons learned during COVID-19 at the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Meghan McLennan, BSc, MLT December 2020
... swab for school-aged children and youth. By the time this article is published, saline gargle may be available to ... Laboratory Medicine Services —David Goldfarb, MD, FRCPC Medical Microbiologist and Pediatric Infectious Disease ... for Disease Control —Linda Hoang, MD, DTM&H, FRCPC Medical Microbiologist and Associate Director, BCCDC Public ...
News May 2020
... Heart Association , a study led by Dr Elad Maor of Sheba Medical Center in Israel, in collaboration with the Mayo ... that it may have other applications as well. The Sheba Medical Center will begin a clinical trial based on this ... the voice can be used to identify respiratory disease. The article, “Vocal biomarker is associated with ...
News July/August 2020
... Moor-Smith The 2019 J.H. MacDermot Prize for Excellence in Medical Journalism: Best article or essay was awarded to Dr Moor-Smith for his article, “The world’s most poisonous mushroom, Amanita ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP March 2020
... Ottawa, and Brampton. Rather than being discarded as medical waste after the natural process of delivery, cord ... Dr Tanya Petraszko, Canadian Blood Services associate medical director for Western Canada and medical director for ... all kindly provided editorial assistance for this article. Beyond Medicine Canadian Blood Services: More than ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lisa J. Zhang November 2020
... nature.[ 26 ] It has been associated with multiple medical comorbidities in offspring, including sudden infant ... in the review or decision making regarding this article. No competing interests have been declared. ABSTRACT: ... recommendations that optimize their fertility. This second article in a two-part series examines how exposure to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Antonia Hyman, MSc April 2020
... for Indigenous patients.[ 2-5 ] Specifically, UNDRIP article 24.1 states: Indigenous peoples have the right to ... to support health care professionals. Nevertheless, medical trainees in Canada still receive limited education on ... ] The video and guide are also now integrated into the UBC medical school undergraduate curriculum. A Coming Together of ...
Back Page / BY: Ed Martin, BA May 2020
... be here on a Thursday morning to help instruct second-year medical students on how to perform the male genital and ... never expect. One September day in 2009 I was reading an article in Maclean’s about a new way of interviewing ... next class of medical students. Shortly after reading the article, I contacted the University of British Columbia’s ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Abe Zacharias, MD, FRCPC July/August 2020
... of conference day, or “judgment day.” The San medical staff presided. Upon entering the conference room, I ... in a chair in the centre of the room, surrounded by the medical staff. My history was reviewed and discussed, and my ... for their assistance with the preparation of this article. Back Page COVID-19 Quarantine, tuberculosis, and the ...