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Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD May 2005
... did previously at much less cost to my physical and mental health, and the company I own a fair chunk of is expanding ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD September 2005
... of mentoring. To ensure BC has a sustainable and vibrant health care system, our aspiring young doctors require role ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS December 2005
... it to anyone concerned about the bigger picture in health care. It makes clear that leaving our fate to the ... and not necessarily a good thing for our patients’ health or our health care system. —David Blair, MD Victoria The ...
Editorials / BY: Shaila Misri, MD, FRCPC March 2005
... 2 years ago the First World Congress on Women’s Mental Health was held in Berlin. This was a milestone in ... recognizing and understanding the significance of mental health issues pertaining to women.  The Provincial British Columbia Reproductive Mental Health (BCRMH) program had its auspicious beginnings in a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David B. Miller, MD, FRCPC June 2005
... that “statins have not been shown to provide an overall health benefit in primary prevention trials.” [1] ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Cynthia Fan, MD October 2005
... continues. [4,5] In October 2002, the BC Ministry of Health Services, through the Provincial Blood Coordinating ... in a privacy impact assessment by the BC Ministry of Health Services. No information identifying individual ... Wadsworth (Hematopathology, Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia), Dr Brian Warriner ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce B. Forster, MD, MSc, FRCPC May 2005
... more women died from CAD than from breast cancer. [2]  Health Canada reported in 1998 that the economic burden of ... Atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease are huge health concerns in Canada and North America. They constitute ... will likely play an increasingly important role in health care management in the coming years. Competing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael D.D. McNeely, MD, FRCPC, FCACB July/August 2005
... V6R 4N6) and supported by a grant from the BC Ministry of Health. In this endeavor, each lab was sent three samples ...
Letters / BY: Michael Goldberger, MD November 2005
... that we are making a huge contribution to their ongoing health care. This of course could all be attributed to ... light on this question. Starfield et al. wrote in  Health Affairs  March 2005, that the higher the rate of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Diana Carter, MBBS March 2005
... anxiety and panic on the course of the pregnancy and the health of the fetus are not well understood. One study showed ... pregnancy. Most women, naturally enough, worry about the health of the fetus and how they will cope with labor and ... with a history of psychosis require close monitoring by health care professionals during pregnancy. Psychosis during ...