Researchers sound warning over heart attack symptoms
Associate Professor of Medicine Nadia Khan and collaborators found that the severity of women’s heart attacks could be obscured by the absence of chest pain.
Fine-tuning HIV treatment
Associate Professor of Medicine Richard Harrigan will develop a new, DNA-based test to minimize side-effects of antiretroviral therapy — thus increasing the odds that patients stick with it.
A new opportunity to learn from others’ last days
St. John Hospice will provide end-of-life care for individuals, and help improve palliative care through research and training.
Lights! Camera! Learn!
Flexible learning initiatives are “flipping” lectures and homework to dramatically change learning.
Health Minister Terry Lake visits UBC
The Honourable B.C. Minister of Health Terry Lake tours the Djavad Mowfaghian Centre for Brain Health, set to open later this year at UBC Vancouver.
New paths to community care
For the first time, some of B.C.’s emergency medicine and internal residents will complete all of their training in sites outside of Vancouver.
A new place for learning and collaboration in northern B.C.
Northern Health has issued a tender for the Learning and Development Centre at University Hospital of Northern B.C. in Prince George.
The Path to Residency
A new interactive website provides information for International Medical Graduates wanting to train and practice in British Columbia.
The gut’s “peace-keeper”
The protein SIGIRR, by supressing the immune response, maintains a delicate balance between our resident microorganisms and invading pathogens, keeping the latter in check.
A disturbing health portrait of single-room occupancy tenants
The study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, show that two-thirds of residents suffered from an average of three illnesses simultaneously.