Real doctors treat more than one species
Romayne Gallagher, MDCould physicians learn a valuable lesson from veterinarians? Veterinarians are aware that the same drug can have very different effects in different species. Could that approach be...
View ArticleMEDICAL CBT
CME Location: Various locations and dates When you learn medical cognitive behavior therapy’s ultra-brief techniques, you’ll feel much more comfortable handling the many “supratentorial issues” in...
View ArticleMEDICAL DISORDERS AND PREGNANCY
CME Location: Vancouver CME Time: Sat, 2016-04-16 (All day)This course will be of interest to physicians interested in advancing their knowledge in the medicine of pregnancy and motherhood,...
View ArticleEXCEPTIONAL CME CRUISES
CME Location: Various destinations Travel with Sea Courses, the CME cruise experts. Discover new destinations. Return to favorite ports.read more
View ArticleWhy be a medical inspector?
Keith J. White, MDFrom time to time you will see requests for medical inspectors or audit hearing panel members, and you may wonder why anyone would want to be a medical inspector and audit their...
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Doctors of BC headquarters
The Doctors of BC building, 1665 West Broadway, Vancouver as it looks today.read more
View ArticleDeveloped in BC: Potential prostate cancer treatment
A potential treatment for advanced prostate cancer developed by UBC and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) scientists has been licensed to pharmaceutical company Roche to help move the...
View ArticleScientists produce breast cancer from a single cancer gene
Scientists in the Faculty of Medicine and the BC Cancer Agency used a single mutant gene to create breast cancer in mice, upending a longstanding assumption that development of human breast cancer...
View ArticleStaff member joins front line of refugee crisis
Laurie CooperIn November, Laurie Cooper, media communications officer for Divisions of Family Practice, spent 2 weeks volunteering with refugees on the island of Lesvos, Greece. We asked her to write a...
View ArticlePlanning for life after residency: Start with Transition Tuesdays
Doctors of BC, the UBC PGME Transition into Practice Program, and MD Financial Management have introduced the Transition Tuesdays Seminar Series to help residents start planning their move to...
View ArticleLong-term care insurance for an aging population
Erin HigginsEric WongCanada is facing significant challenges due to its aging population. In 2011 the median age of Canadians was 39.9 years, compared to 26.2 years in 1971. Seniors have become the...
View ArticleMobile app to manage COPD
The Canadian Lung Association and Aeri Health have introduced a new mobile app (Aeri COPD) for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The app monitors symptoms, tracks medication...
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How you can help Syrian refugees
Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPCCanada has committed to accepting 25 000 refugees from the ongoing civil war in Syria. BC is expecting to welcome up to 3500 by the end of February 2016. A portion...
View ArticleRe: Management of influenza with Tamiflu
Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFPReading the article on the use of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) for treatment of influenza [BCMJ 2015;57:402-406] was like revisiting an old nightmare. Worldwide, governments have...
View ArticleRe: Management of influenza with Tamiflu: Authors reply
Ashley Roberts, MD, FRCPCSoren Gantt, MD, PhD, MPHKaren Ng, BScPharm, PharmD, BCPSVanessa Paquette, BScPharm, PharmDKristopher T. Kang, MDWe thank Dr Brown for his interest in our article, “Management...
View ArticleRe: November 2015 cover image
Victor Black, MDI was very disappointed to see the BCMJ adopting a caduceus car key fob on the cover of the November 2015 issue. Using the caduceus as a symbol of medicine is a very common American...
View ArticleRe: Wait times for general surgery in BC
Andy Hamilton, MDThank you to Drs Chan, Hwang, and Karimuddin for a well-researched article on the state of wait lists in BC [BCMJ 2015;57:341-348].Related Content: Wait times for general surgery in...
View ArticleRe: Diagnostic testing for Lyme disease
Gerald Tevaarwerk, MDThank you to Drs Kling, Galanis, Morshed, and Patrick of the BC Centre for Disease Control for providing some badly needed evidence to counter patients’ claims of better tests for...
View ArticleRe: Diagnostic testing for Lyme disease: Authors reply
David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHScWe thank Dr Tevaarwerk for introducing another important concept in summarizing the value of a diagnostic test. By any measure, we would also conclude that the...
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