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Prescription database helps check use of addictive drugs: UBC research
By bkladko | September 4, 2012
The study examined B.C.’s PharmaNet, which allows pharmacists to view the most recent 14 months of a patient’s medication use.
UBC leads the way in using new technologies to train future doctors
By Patricia Angel | August 28, 2012
New tools, including simulation labs and virtual patients, provide valuable hands-on training for medical students.
InterCultural Online Network receives funding to help prevent and manage diabetes in BC’s multicultural rural communities
By Patricia Angel | August 13, 2012
The project will establish a peer-support diabetes program.
The medical dimension of the Olympics
By bkladko | August 13, 2012
Faculty members Jack Taunton and Robert McCormack share their first-hand insights with the CMAJ.
Working to protect Olympic athletes from injuries
By bkladko | July 30, 2012
Babak Shadgan, a postdoctoral research fellow, aims to develop evidence-based recommendations for wrestling and other sports.
Psychiatry resident uses soccer to help at-risk individuals
By bkladko | July 27, 2012
Dr. Bates has taken some of his players to competitions in Rio de Janeiro and Paris.
Four new appointments to Faculty’s leadership
By Patricia Angel | July 24, 2012
Frederick Mikelberg, Professor in the Dept. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, is the new Vice-Dean, Academic Affairs.
Evan Wood, Julio Montaner send message to President Obama, Mitt Romney
By bkladko | July 23, 2012
Dr. Wood, a Clinical Associate Professor, was interviewed by the CBC about an advertising campaign decrying the war on drugs.
Severe flu increases risk of Parkinson’s
By bkladko | July 20, 2012
The epidemiological study also found that having red measles in childhood lowered the odds of developing the disease.
Widely-used MS drug doesn’t measurably slow progression of the disease, researchers find
By bkladko | July 18, 2012
The study, by Associate Professor of Neurology Helen Tremlett and others, examined the effectiveness of beta-interferons.