Poole Foundation provides million-dollar gift for research and rehabilitation gym
A major focus of the gym will be exercise’s impact on people with cancer and other chronic diseases.
UBC demonstrates viable alternative treatment for heroin addiction
A widely available licensed pain medication is as effective as pharmaceutical-grade prescription heroin for people with chronic heroin addiction.
A change of place
How the arrival of family medicine residents on the east coast of Vancouver Island has helped transform a medical community.
B.C. leads Canada’s largest effort to improve kidney disease care
Adeera Levin, head of the UBC Division of Nephrology, is directing the five-year project, which aims to reduce the number of people who need dialysis or organ transplants.
A three-decade partnership to advance vision science
The Foundation Fighting Blindness has channeled $2.8 million to UBC scientists through year-after-year funding.
Aging diminishes spinal cord regeneration after injury
The discovery by ICORD Director Wolfram Tetzlaff has implications for an increasingly active population of older adults.
Physical therapy students gain new training venue in Prince George
The rehabilitation program, partially staffed by students in the Northern and Rural Cohort, serves heart and lung patients.
The pediatrician and the peanut
The story of Clinical Associate Professor Edmond Chan’s campaign to change an overly-cautious mindset – and reduce peanut allergies.
Fruit flies illuminate male-female disease disparities
Differences in insulin secretion might partially explain why more men than women develop cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual Canadians report higher rates of mental health issues
Gay and lesbian Canadians reported about twice the rates of mood disorders of heterosexuals.