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Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2023
... even longer; my first BCMJ article was published in 1981.[ 1 ] It will surprise no one that I will end my term with a ... that many Canadian patients (a CMA report revealed it was 1 in 3) who do not have private extended health insurance go ... concerns with a hypothetical three-phase scenario. Phase 1: In a pre-election speech, the Minister of Health announces ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Patricia M. Massel, MD June 2023
... travel privately to urban centres for outpatient care.[ 1 ] Northern BC is particularly remote, and reaching ... a social worker, and a transport paramedic [ Table 1 ]. Six key themes were selected for discussion: travel ... ambulatory care travel. Visiting a specialist often took 1 to 2 days of travel, and dangerous winter travel conditions ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC September 2023
... type of praise one is given. According to Koestner,[ 1 ] of the nine types of praise, only one works for ... way. The forms of praise that are not motivating are: (1) praise as positive guidance, (2) praise as a transition ... praise should be contingent , specific , and credible .[ 1 , 2 ] It is also important to note that praise is not the ...
News December 2023
An innovative stem cell–based treatment for type 1 diabetes can meaningfully regulate blood glucose levels and ... the insulin-producing beta cells that people with type 1 diabetes lack. Dubbed VC-02, the small medical implant ... as a significant step toward a functional cure for type 1 diabetes. With further refinement of this approach, ...
News April 2023
... prescription birth control free to its residents. Starting 1 April 2023, PharmaCare will cover the full cost of many ... . News Free contraceptives beginning 1 April: Information for doctors ...
Obituaries July/August 2023
... Dr Lukas Cornelius Klopper 1 May 1956–1 May 2023 Dr Henry Frank Mizgala 28 November 1932–11 ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tung Siu, MD, CCFP, ACBOM October 2023
... elsewhere in the world dating as far back as 2050 BC,[ 1 ] workers’ compensation systems have existed in Canada ... BC, and is accredited for 6.75 Mainpro+/MOC Section 1 credits. Learn more and register at ...
Back Page / BY: Tej K. Khalsa, MD, MSc, FRCPC January/February 2023
... outpacing the rest of Canada in a decline in hopefulness.[ 1 ] In 2021–2022, 64% of people in Canada were hopeful ... nonbinary people do not feel hopeful about the future.[ 1 ] In my mind-body medicine practice at the Mayo Clinic,[ 11 ... replenishment, like connecting to caring community.[ 1 ] May we decolonize our despair to remember who we truly ...
Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... in reducing mortality for women aged 40 to 74 years.[ 1 ] The trials were conducted in the era of X-ray film ... in most of the earlier randomized controlled trials, CNBSS-1 was planned to enroll 50 000 women aged 40 to 49 years. ... 20%. Although the studies have now been discredited, CNBSS-1 is still the basis for screening recommendations for women ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Lynsey J. Hamilton, MSc November 2023
... estimated to be directly responsible for 5400 deaths and $1.4 billion in health care costs in Canada in 2018.[ 1 ] The misuse and overuse of antibiotics from inappropriate ...