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News October 2016
... The polyvinyl tissue makes it possible for surgeons and medical residents to practise bypass surgery techniques using ... used for teaching purposes by a number of surgeons and medical residents at Kelowna General Hospital to practise ... and is available online at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13239-016-0274-x . Learn more about the ...
Editorials / BY: Saul Isserow, MBBCh April 2016
... is made even safer and more beneficial.  In the first article, Dr James Mc-Kinney and his fellow authors discuss ... activity and cardiorespiratory fitness. In the second article, Dr Michael Luong and his fellow authors discuss ... and Paralympic Games, when Dr Jack Taunton served as chief medical officer and I (Dr Isserow) served as lead ...
Letters / BY: Alan Tung, MD March 2016
I really appreciate the article by Ms Young and Dr Everett [ BCMJ  2015;57:434-437 ] ... or drug abuse, and it becomes tricky when patients refuse medical treatment that we strongly believe can improve or ... judgement of risks and benefits differs from ours? The article’s algorithm is easy to read and apply, and will ...
Letters / BY: Ashley Roberts, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2016
We thank Dr Brown for his interest in our article, “ Management of influenza infection in children ... stockpiling of oseltamivir are outside the scope of our article. Our article provides practical local guidance for ... North America (Canadian Paediatric Society, Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada, American ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC, April 2016
... attention from the media, the general public, and the medical community. SCD in athletes is often the result of ... athletes younger than age 35 (the focus of this article), the majority of sudden cardiac death cases are due ... a controversial topic within international sport and medical societies. We cannot, however, ignore the fact that ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM May 2016
... proof of immunity may be unavailable or unreliable. This article focuses on serological testing in association with ... generally do not occur.  —Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC Medical Director, Immunization Programs and Vaccine ...
Letters / BY: Lorne Brandt, MD, January/February 2015
... all the non-medication substances they are taking. This article reminded me of a study carried out in the early 1980s by a couple of medical students, a physician in a neighboring town, and me. ... something like six to seven versus three to four. This article did address the lack of funding to support such ...
Editorials / BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC October 2015
... MD Since the publication of Kempe’s landmark 1962 article “The Battered-Child Syndrome,” health care ... theme issue addressing child maltreatment we present an article aimed at informing physicians of the unprecedented ... and children, provides a brief update on the supporting medical and scientific literature, and discusses aspects of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2015
... be firmly entrenched in their antivaccination views. This article provides a brief synopsis of guidelines for having ... injectable vaccines.[ 13,14 ]  —Monika Naus, MD, FRCPC Medical Director, Immunization Programs and Vaccine ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nita Jain, MD, FRCPC October 2015
... when physical abuse is present, but it may also point to a medical diagnosis when abuse is not present.[ 1,2 ] Fortunately, pre-existing medical conditions that result in increased bone fragility ... for his advice and assistance in the preparation of this article. Competing interests None declared. ABSTRACT: The ...