Letters /
BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP
April 2019
... The technique was pioneered by Dr Greg Siren,[ 1 ] a family physician with a focused practice in chronic ...
Letters /
BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP
June 2019
... Eddy, NP). Vancouver Community Pain Service has started a 1-year pilot program for chronic pain patients using ... addictions. In your profile in UBC Medicine (Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall 2005) you say, “It’s all about seeing the patient ... of the literature. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2018;71:1-14. Letters Re: myoActivation for the treatment of pain and ...
Specialist Services Committee /
BY: Gordon Hoag, MD
September 2019
... the year, PQI teams in each health authority hold 1- to 2-day information and introductory learning sessions. ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mark A. Lau, PhD, R.Psych
January/February 2019
... Data from the Canadian Community Health Survey[ 1 ] revealed a 1-year prevalence of 5.4% for mood disorders and a lifetime ... and social relationships.[ 18 ] Item scoring ranges from 1 (very poor) to 5 (very good) and reflects the degree of ...
News
July/August 2019
... on the Medical Services Commission. Districts 1 and 7 Representative Assembly (RA) delegate positions have also been elected. District 1 GP delegate to the RA for Lower Island is Dr Osmaan Sheikh. ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
November 2019
... represent a significant portion of accidental trauma.[ 1 ] The burden of injury is disproportionately borne by the ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Afsaneh Moradi
March 2019
... GPSC column in the January/February issue of the BCMJ [ 1 ] represent networks that enable family doctors, midwives, ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Elizabeth Wiley, MD, JD, MPH
May 2019
... increasing frequency and severity across the province.[ 1 ] It is estimated that there has been a 1.4 °C average temperature increase across British Columbia in the last century, with an increase of 1.3 to 2.7 °C projected by 2050.[ 1 ] The health effects of ...
Letters /
BY: Paul Winston, MD, FRCPC
September 2019
... do not improve outcomes in litigation or open claims.[ 1 ] Visits should be every 2 to 3 months for a chronic ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Michael R. Lyon, MD, ABOM
December 2019
... recipe for dramatic increases in premature death.”[ 1 ] Yoni Freedhoff, a well-known obesity medicine physician, ...