A healthy scoop of support
Megan Kilvert started the Ice Cream Rounds at BC Children’s Hospital to help deal with the pressures of medical residency.
Genetic discovery helps newborns beat a life-threatening condition
Clara van Karnebeek discovered a previously unknown cause of excess ammonia in the blood, enabling the condition to be diagnosed — and treated.
How exercise can boost brain power
UBC Prof. Teresa Liu-Ambrose on how physical activity benefits cognitive function.
Air pollution and asthma
Michael Brauer, a Professor in the School of Population and Public Health, on the link between air pollution, genes and asthma.
A more authentic cancer model
Yuzhuo Wang and Colin Collins have grown the world’s first early-stage human prostate cancer in mice.
U.S. home births found to have low intervention and mortality rates
The study, overseen by UBC’s Saraswathi Vedam, is the largest-ever survey of home births in the U.S.
A potential treatment for a rare blood cancer
A non-toxic drug called ATA restored the resistance of red blood cells in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinemia.
Can waking up to a ‘summer dawn’ cure the winter blues?
Psychiatry Professor Raymond Lam describes the potential of dawn simulation in a new health column in the Globe and Mail.
A widespread nutritional deficiency with consequences for kids
Low levels of an omega-3 fatty acid in pregnant women increase the likelihood of language development delays in their babies.