News
May 2017
The Anxiety Disorders Association of British Columbia (AnxietyBC) has launched a free online ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: E. Pharo, BSc
November 2017
... case of Canadian-acquired cutaneous myiasis treated in British Columbia. Due to their rarity, cases of myiasis are ... The specimen measured 1 cm by 1.5 cm and was sent to British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) for ... this to be the first Canadian-acquired case treated in British Columbia. The mechanism of acquisition is also up for ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: Brad Fritz, MD
January/February 2017
... Premier W.A.C. Bennett introduced the BC Medical Plan, British Columbia’s first medicare program. This was rolled ... the vanguard ”). Jim Gilmore’s other passion was the British Columbia Medical Journal . In the early 1970s many ... BCMA organized a petition that was signed by thousands of British Columbians and, along with the lobbying efforts of ...
Obituaries /
BY: Jason Sartor, MD
June 2017
... to the field of medical oncology and cancer care in British Columbia. Jim headed up the Division of Advanced ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD
November 2017
... Council on Health Promotion Promoting active commuting in British Columbia ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Paul Blackburn, MD, FRCPC
April 2017
... communities.[ 2 ] The proportion of the population in British Columbia older than 65 is predicted to rise from ... clinicians and will remain so as the population of British Columbians older than 65 continues to grow. Late-life ...
Obituaries /
BY: Rick Leather, MD
September 2017
... as the novel management strategies he brought provided British Columbians with state-of-the art, contemporary ...
Letters /
BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2017
... an association between antibiotic cost reduction in British Columbia and Ministry of Health–funded education ...
Obituaries /
BY: Brian Day, MB
December 2017
... medicine at Western, Dalhousie, and the University of British Columbia, where he also gained a master’s degree in ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC
December 2017
... Home Tele-monitoring), an initiative of the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health, is seeking to ...