News
October 2010
... having a baby or planning a pregnancy in the period from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011? If you are, then it is ... benefits administered by the BCMA. Remember that effective 1 April 2010 the program has been improved to include ...
News
January/February 2010
... BC government will implement the harmonized sales tax on 1 July 2010. In response, the BCMA commissioned an ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David N. Landsberg, MD,
May 2010
... immunosuppressive therapy Graft survival rates ( Figure 1 ) and patient survival rates ( Figure 2 ) for BC ... (ATG) are now commonly used at the time of transplant.[ 1,2 ] The immunosuppressive regimen is determined by a ... 3 ] Results in low-risk patients have been excellent, with 1- and 10-year graft survival at 96.4% and 77.7%. Results in ...
Physician Information Technology Office /
BY: Jeremy Smith,
July/August 2010
Recent PITO articles[ 1 , 2 ] have focused on PITO’s emerging program to expand ...
Physician Spotlight /
BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC
November 2010
... Palmer (Retired), who died 22 December 1999, aged 94.[ 1 ] Dr Palmer’s major contribution to the initiation and ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Jenny Ko,
March 2010
... painless way intended to relieve unbearable suffering.[ 1 ] In the Netherlands, where euthanasia was legalized in ... judgment is solely at the discretion of the physician.[ 1 ] The only requirement is that the physician consult ... physician is allowed to cause the death of the patient.[ 1 ] In other words, it is not a right that an individual ...
Editorials /
BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD
June 2010
... residents used to say that the worst part about being on 1-in-2 call was that they missed out on half the good cases. ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
October 2010
... so-called natural remedies awaiting pre-market review[ 1 ] have not gone unheeded by Health Canada. In a move ... Canada now says it will not be enforcing the now-passed 1 April 2010 deadline. The agency states that about 60% of ...
News /
BY: Steve Wharry,
March 2009
... or visit www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/86920/la_id/1.htm . The PMI program qualifies for CME credits. —Steve ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
June 2009
... oil, lemon peel, and beetroot effectively combat HIV.[ 1 ] It wasn’t until 2004 that South Africa began to offer ...