A hidden threat of high cholesterol – weakened tendons
A UBC team analyzes the damage that cholesterol inflicts on the Achilles tendon, and looks for ways to improve diagnosis.
Giving Back
From tackling hemophilia in Uganda to teaching swimming lessons in Bangladesh, meet some of our faculty and students giving back at home and around the world.
Holding infants – or not – can leave traces on their genes
Children who had been more distressed as infants and had received less physical contact had a molecular profile that was underdeveloped for their age.
Fall Graduation 2017
Explore how graduates from UBC’s Faculty of Medicine are making a difference in communities across British Columbia.
UBC tries tele-health to stop revolving door for chronic heart and lung patients
TEC4Home is the largest-ever clinical trial of tele-health in Canada.
Study finds no added risk for home births in rural areas
The results are good news, since midwife-assisted home birth could play a big role in extending maternal health care to rural areas.
Research finds link between marijuana use and testicular cancer
New research from Northern Medical Program Professor Russ Callaghan has found that use of marijuana is associated with the development of testicular cancer.
Young Indigneous people dying at much higher rate than peers
Overdose was the leading cause of death, followed by illness and suicide.
Alzheimer’s disease might be a “whole body” problem
Weihong Song used surgically-joined mice to show that the protein considered to be Alzheimer’s main culprit can travel from elsewhere in the body to the brain.
UBC launches program to advance chronic disease research
Based at UBC Okanagan, the interdisciplinary team will explore how physical activity and nutrition can affect various chronic conditions.