Clinical Articles /
BY: Deirdre Ryan, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCPC
March 2005
... therapies for these disorders will appear in Part 2 of this theme issue in April 2005.) Postpartum blues ... to 75%) develop these mood changes, [1] generally within 2 to 3 days of delivery. Symptoms peak on the fifth day postpartum and usually resolve within 2 weeks. [2] Typically, providing support and reassurance ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Don Krawciw, MD
July/August 2005
... as having “reproductive critical effects.” [1,2] Each year, two or three mercury spills are reported to the ...
Letters /
BY: R.M. Preshaw, MD
November 2005
... New England Journal of Medicine to include editorials. [2] Your editorials are currently identified by the initial of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Patti Dods, MET
April 2005
... with greatest cause for concern in BC. Particles that are 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter (PM 2.5 ), are able to penetrate deep into the lungs. Exposure to PM 2.5 has been linked to many adverse health effects ...
Editorials /
BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC
September 2005
... then lacking, forward to stand with the art of medicine. [2] While no one would say that the science of medicine is ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Pat Roles, MSW, RSW, BCATR
January/February 2005
... often fear being judged by health care professionals. [2] If family members feel blamed, they will be less likely ...
Letters /
BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD
June 2005
... Columbia’s First Plastic Surgeon,” BCMJ 2005;2:118 credited Smith-Peterson with development of the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS
November 2005
... progression of AD into early, middle, and late disease. [2] No single pathognomonic clinical event has been found to ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Paul Dhillon, MBBChBAO, LRCP&SI, EMDM, CCFP, DRCOG, DTM&H(Lon), FRGS
March 2005
... to the health care of themselves and their families.” [2] The same poll, however, found startling evidence “that 14 percent of Canadians—or 4.2 million people—still report not having a family doctor, a ... are “the backbone of Canada’s health care system,” [2] If this backbone breaks, our health system will break ...