Editorials /
BY: Brian Day, MB
January/February 2011
... costs of health care in Canada. In a previous editorial[ 2 ] I wrote on some financial issues facing doctors. Read ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Andre Mattman, MD, FRCPC
May 2011
... relative to citrate synthase, a marker enzyme; see Figure 2 of the article “Primer on mitochondrial disease” in ... The vitamins and other supplements listed in Table 2 are referred to as the “mitochondrial cocktail”—a ... After a second person in the family (patient V-2) developed severe symptoms of mitochondrial disease, a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc
September 2011
... caused by the New Delhi metallo-ß-lactamase 1 enzyme[ 2 ] highlight the risk if things get much worse. Pathogens ...
News /
BY: Sinden Luciuk,
November 2011
... her tumor required she undergo a full mastectomy. Within 2 weeks of diagnosis, Lisa underwent surgery. Afterward, her ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Janet McElhaney, MD,
March 2011
... never recover to their previous level of independence.[ 2 ] While hospitalization offers older patients the ...
News
June 2011
... services in the Fraser Health Authority in BC for over 2 decades, Ms Mumford has been instrumental in increasing the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Darcy Cox, PsyD, RPsych, ABPP,
October 2011
... patients with dementia are living in British Columbia.[ 2 ] As the population ages, the need for accurate diagnosis ... are psychologists who have usually completed a 2-year fellowship to obtain further training in neuroanatomy, ... evaluation for a patient with dementia will last 2 or 3 hours, depending on the patient’s tolerance, and ...
News /
BY: Arlene Cristall, MSc,
December 2011
... those 50 lbs’ and now I am looking for a way to lose 2 lbs. Good luck to everyone. It’s worth it!” From age ...
Back Page
April 2011
... the ABO system of blood typing 38 Bad idea (2 words) 39 Laughter sound Down 1 Mischievous one 2 The earliest known physician, "Chief of Dentists and ...
News&Notes /
BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla
July/August 2011
... Dr Ross adjourned the General Assembly just after 2 p.m. —Kashmira Suraliwalla BCMJ Production Coordinator ...