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Alumna nurtures midwifery research – by midwives and nurses
By bkladko | February 22, 2016
A donation will create a student award for midwives and nurses pursuing graduate studies in maternity care at UBC.
Take this advice from a cardiovascular health expert to heart
By carr4 | February 18, 2016
What can women do to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease? Professor Karin Humphries weighs in.
A quest to restore cognition
By bkladko | February 18, 2016
Can a mental training regimen help people coping with the effects of traumatic brain injury?
UBC helping with national study of opioid addiction treatment
By bkladko | February 16, 2016
Evan Wood will lead the B.C. arm of the study, which will compare methadone and buprenorphine/naloxone.
An immune cell that performs double duty
By bkladko | February 15, 2016
Megan Levings, in the Department of Surgery, found that regulatory T-cells not only signal other immune cells to attack but also keep them in check.
Poor air quality kills 5.5 million worldwide annually
By bkladko | February 12, 2016
More than half of the deaths occur in two of the world’s fastest growing economies — China and India.
Seeking an end to newborns’ “diagnostic odysseys”
By bkladko | February 11, 2016
Matthew Farrer’s lab will sequence a portion of critically ill infants’ genomes within a week.
A 25-year partnership in professionalizing occupational hygiene
By bkladko | February 10, 2016
The Faculty of Medicine has Western Canada’s only graduate-level training program devoted to workplace hazards and health impacts.
Faculty of Medicine garners 11 Canada Research Chairs
By bkladko | February 9, 2016
Among the new appointees, Janice Eng was named a Canada Research Chair in Neurological Rehabilitation.
Common anti-depressant linked to health risk during childbirth
By bkladko | February 8, 2016
UBC researchers found that use of drugs like Effexor was associated with a higher risk of excessive bleeding during delivery.