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Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD December 2011
... reviewed the experience of four doctors who graduated from medical school in or prior to 1983 or who have been in ... articles in the 6 September 2011 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal[ 2 ] stated that the available ... phone trying to get the system to work.  Jeremy Smith’s article is a testimonial. What is the published evidence that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stephen J. Kiraly, MD, FRCPC, September 2011
... informed by substantial knowledge of human physiology. Medical science, particularly preventive medicine, has ... and always has, as shown by an editorial in the  Canadian Medical Association Journal  from 1914:  For the old the ... survival. Competing interests None declared. This article has been peer reviewed. ABSTRACT: Promoting mental ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2011
... therapies) has understandably raised eyebrows in the medical community.[ 3 ] Claiming that their patients have ... Oppel, MD, Chair, Allied Health Practices Committee This article is the opinion of the Council on Health Promotion and ...
Obituaries / BY: Jim Gilmore July/August 2011
... and influencing the lives of thousands of people, in his medical practice in Oak Bay for 40 years and though his ... Victoria on the Board of Direc­t­ors of the BC Medical Association. Bob attended Oak Bay High School and ... was a shy, unassuming man, and in his Special Feature article in the June 2010 BC Medical Journal he recounted how ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Darcy Cox, PsyD, RPsych, ABPP, October 2011
... measures in the context of a patient’s psychiatric and medical history and to compare that patient’s performance ... rehabilitation clinics; inpatient neurology, psychiatry, medical, and geriatric services; and specialized ... are needed. Competing interests None declared. This article has been peer reviewed. Neuropsychological testing is ...
Editorials / BY: S. Larry Goldenberg, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FCAHS November 2011
... can be seen in the Northern Health Authority, where Chief Medical Health Officer Dr David Bowering recently initiated a ... of men’s health concerns. In Part 1 we begin with an article by me and Dr Robert MacMillan, a primary care ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Janet McElhaney, MD, March 2011
... and Palliative Care Committee —Sonia Murray, UBC Medical School, Class 2012 —Martha Donnelly, MD, CCFP, ... Director, Seniors Care, Providence Health Care This article is the opinion of the Council on Health Promotion and ...
Clinical Articles May 2011
... an important topic of study until well after I attended medical school in the late seventies. That mitochondria ... approaches to mito­chondrial disease.  In the first article, Dr Sirrs and colleagues provide background on the ... and epidemiology of mitochondrial disease. The second article, by Dr Mattman and colleagues, considers aspects of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Aspasia Michoulas, BSc Pharm, MD, July/August 2011
... hypoxia, or stroke, there is usually a significant past medical history.  Vascular brain abnormalities, brain ... • Whether the family lives in an area remote from medical help.  Early treatment might also be considered in ... of recurrence. Competing interests None declared. This article has been peer reviewed. Afebrile seizures have many ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brendan Abbott, June 2011
... with a focus on mental health and addiction. Physician and medical office assistant users tested an early version of the ... are also underway. The first is increasing the overall medical topics and allied health practitioners listed in ... Abbott Manager, Business Solutions HealthLinkBC This article is the opinion of the GPSC and has not been peer ...