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Proust for Physicians September 2010
... or mail it (BCMJ 115-1665 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6J 5A4). E-mail journal@bcma.bc.ca . E-mail us and we’ll send you a blank MS Word ... return by mail BCMJ  115-1665 West Broad­way Vancouver BC V6J 5A4 Proust for Physicians Proust questionnaire: Ian ...
News December 2010
... He remained at the helm until 1959, when it became the BC Medical Journal. He was editor of the BCMJ until he ...
News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) January/February 2010
... treat minor emergencies—all for an additional fee.  In BC, the changes in pharmacists’ scope were more modest, but ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David N. Landsberg, MD, May 2010
Kidney transplantation The first kidney transplant in BC was performed in 1968. With the dramatic improvement in ... ( Figure 1 ) and pa­tient survival rates ( Figure 2 ) for BC recipients of deceased donor and living donor kidneys have ... receive ATG, tacrolimus, mycophenolate, and steroids. In BC approximately 80% of transplant recipients are low-risk ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2010
... disgruntled residents who formed what is now known as PAR-BC. He has served on a number of BCMA committees: Physician ... the day. Among the numerous dignitaries at the lunch was BC Health Minister Kevin Falcon, who was invited to speak ... Award Seabird Island Health Centre Corporate Award BC Public Service Agency—Quittin’ Time CMA Honorary ...
News / BY: Judy Hamill, November 2010
... British Columbians invested $24 million through the BC Cancer Foundation to establish Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at the BC Cancer Agency. Now one of the largest genome centres in ... Genome Sciences Centre’s technology platform provides BC Can­cer Agency researchers with very specific biological ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM March 2010
... future incidence of cervical cancer abnormalities.[ 1 ] A BC-based economic analysis found that a female-only ... 2 ] The grade 9 HPV vaccine program for girls in BC was designed to run for only 3 years, with the 2010–2011 ... on an appointment basis through their local health unit.  BC school-based immunization programs have been successful in ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD May 2010
... your school board, please write to me at  president@bcma.bc.ca . —Brian Brodie, MD President President's Comment ...
News September 2010
BC scientists have developed an ex­perimental drug shown to ... conducted by Dr Marianne Sadar, senior scientist at the BC Cancer Agency, and Dr Raymond Andersen, a professor at the ... Cell 17(6)525-526. News Prostate cancer drug developed in BC ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, December 2010
... fires. Physicians and public health practitioners across BC can (and did) work together to reduce the health effects ... you to Population Health Surveillance and Epidemiology, BC Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport, the Office of the ... and Sarah Henderson, environmental health scientist, BC Centre for Disease Control. This article has not been peer ...