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Helping vets assimilate back into life after combat
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View ArticleUBC med student blog: The significant difference between conducting research...
Blog Author: Alvin Ip Alvin IpFor the second year in a row we’re inviting UBC medical students to take their first foray into medical publishing by writing a blog post for BCMJ.org, for a chance to...
View ArticleUBC med student blog: The Harper government: Evidence is better left unexposed
Blog Author: Mike Benusic Mike BenusicFor the second year in a row we’re inviting UBC medical students to take their first foray into medical publishing by writing a blog post for BCMJ.org, for a...
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World Diabetes Day: Resources from our archive
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View ArticleBasic research goes unfunded by Harper government
Blog Author: Lisa Craig, PhD Lisa Craig, PhDWe recently published a paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry entitled “Crystal structures of CTX-Φ pIII unbound and in complex with Vibrio cholerae...
View ArticleGrating expectations
David R. Richardson, MDA highway of paper crosses the desks of all physicians on a daily basis, but I recently received a document from my health authority (HA) that stood out. Perhaps you’ve received...
View ArticleHoliday customs: Making light of our differences
David B. Chapman, MBChBWhere I grew up, Christmas falls during the height of summer. No snow, no reindeer. Not much in the way of Christmas decorations outside people’s homes. Being Jewish, the first...
View ArticleRe: Accurate measurement of blood pressure
Colin Campin, MBI was somewhat surprised that the authors of the otherwise comprehensive articles on hypertension in the October 2012 BCMJ [“Assessing and managing hypertension” 54:390-412] did not...
View ArticleBlood pressure: Authors respond
Janusz Kaczorowski, PhDMartin Dawes, MB, BS, MD, FRCGPMark Gelfer, MDDr Campin is quite correct in pointing out that our recent article in BCMJ highlighting some of the new developments and challenges...
View ArticleRe: BC Health Authorities Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
Dana Cole, BScPharmDarryl P. Samoil, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFPThe premise for Dr Miller’s letter in the September issue [BCMJ 2012;54:327] appears to be a recent decision by the BC Health Authorities Pharmacy...
View ArticleRe: Discouraging car travel
J.F.M. Oosthuizen, MDIn response to Dr DeMarco’s letter in the October issue [“New health promotion idea: Discourage car travel.” BCMJ 2012;54:383], road cycling is much more dangerous than motoring,...
View ArticleRe: Ephedra/ephedrine-exacerbated psychosis and Health Canada
H.C. George Wong, MDThe well-written case report on ephedra-exacerbated psychosis by Drs Bates and MacEwan [BCMJ 2012;54:465-467] provides another example of an adverse reaction to...
View ArticleTradition: An important element of the family fabric
Shelley Ross, MDDuring my many years of family practice, nothing was more heartwarming, joyous, or angelic than starting each Christmas morning checking on my new patients who were just beginning...
View ArticleLow-dose CT scan screening available for workers with asbestosis
Craig Martin, MDCelina Dunn, MDLloyd HikidaPatients suffering from work-related asbestosis might be eligible for an early screening program to detect lung cancer. Based on the results of a lung cancer...
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Tobacco smoke enemas
Sterling Haynes, MDInspired by an American First Nations custom, tobacco smoke enemas were administered by medical practitioners in the 18th century to treat everything from colds to cholera.Click...
View ArticleHedges, limits, and filters: The keys to efficient searching
Karen MacDonellRobert MelroseJudy NeillIn searching the medical literature, one of the dilemmas most frequently encountered is that of being overwhelmed by too much information. For example, in...
View ArticleHealth impacts of wildfires: Improving science and informing timely,...
Catherine Elliott, MDSarah B. Henderson, PhDTom Kosatsky, MDThree of the worst wildfire seasons on record in BC occurred over the past decade, with tens of thousands of people evacuated from...
View ArticleGuest editorial: The health of incarcerated women in BC
Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP, MPHJane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPCMegan Smith, BScT. Gregory Hislop, MDCMThis theme issue is dedicated to all women in BC who are, and who have been, incarcerated.Most...
View ArticleThe scope of the problem: The health of incarcerated women in BC
Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP, MPHJane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPCMegan Smith, BScT. Gregory Hislop, MDCMWomen in prison face a number of challenges not faced by their male counterparts, including lack...
View ArticleCollaborative community-prison programs for incarcerated women in BC
Alison Granger-Brown, MAJane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPCLara-Lisa Condello, BSSc, MADulce Feder, RN, MSNT. Gregory Hislop, MDCMRuth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP, MPHAmy Salmon, PhDMegan Smith, BScJeanine...
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