President's Comment /
BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP
April 2019
... We are asking for support to develop team-based care[ 4 ] so we can work together complementarily and practice to ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Tom Brocklehurst
September 2019
... for addressing workplace impairment under Section 4.19: Physical or mental impairment and Section 4.20: Impairment by alcohol, drug or other substance. The ...
Letters /
BY: Omid Kiamanesh, MD
January/February 2019
... Overall 10-year survival was 62.1%, 95% CI [56.3, 67.4]. There was no difference in 10-year survival when ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Brett Baumann, MD
November 2019
... chronic pleural effusions, and pulmonary hypertension.[ 4 ] Case data A 60-year-old female with a 6-month history of ... a complete collapse of the right upper lobe [ Figure 4 ], her cough had resolved and her exercise tolerance ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: John Fan
March 2019
... hormone (TSH) of 0.08 mU/L (reference range 0.34–4.82 mU/L), free thyroxine (FT4) of 33.2 pmol/L (10.0–20.0 ... to the functioning of various metabolic pathways.[ 1-4 ] It is involved in fatty acid synthesis, catabolism of ... gene expression, insulin secretion, and the Krebs cycle.[ 4 ] The recommended dietary reference intake for biotin is 30 ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
July/August 2019
... place to start. When we moved to Coquitlam I started with 4 days a week in the office, a full-service family practice. ... as the politics and the meetings ramped up in the last 4 years, I haven’t been as much in hearts; I’ve only been ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Peter Rothfels, MD
May 2019
... can also help inform the response to the opioid epidemic.[ 4 ] Opioid pain medication is associated with risks including ... is 1 855 476-3049, and is staffed between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. —Peter Rothfels, MD WorkSafeBC ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Troy Grennan, MD, DTM&H, MSc, FRCPC
October 2019
... in early syphilis,[ 2 , 3 ] and the long window period,[ 4 ] it is plausible that cases are, in fact, being missed in ... born with congenital syphilis are asymptomatic at birth,[ 4 ] most of those untreated will develop symptoms within ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: Judy Dercksen, MD
January/February 2019
... Such self-management programs have proven benefits.[ 4 ] Professor Patrick McGowan recognized 30 years ago that ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC
June 2019
... lose weight. . . Do you think I don’t know I am fat?”[ 4 ] As physicians who pride ourselves on professionalism and ...