News

Researchers sound warning over heart attack symptoms
September 18, 2013Associate 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. Read More >

Fine-tuning HIV treatment
September 18, 2013Associate 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. Read More >

A new opportunity to learn from others’ last days
September 6, 2013St. John Hospice will provide end-of-life care for individuals, and help improve palliative care through research and training. Read More >

Lights! Camera! Learn!
September 5, 2013Flexible learning initiatives are “flipping” lectures and homework to dramatically change learning. Read More >

Health Minister Terry Lake visits UBC
August 29, 2013The 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. Read More >

New paths to community care
August 21, 2013For the first time, some of B.C.'s emergency medicine and internal residents will complete all of their training in sites outside of Vancouver. Read More >

A new place for learning and collaboration in northern B.C.
August 20, 2013Northern Health has issued a tender for the Learning and Development Centre at University Hospital of Northern B.C. in Prince George. Read More >

The Path to Residency
August 14, 2013A new interactive website provides information for International Medical Graduates wanting to train and practice in British Columbia. Read More >

The gut’s “peace-keeper”
August 9, 2013The protein SIGIRR, by supressing the immune response, maintains a delicate balance between our resident microorganisms and invading pathogens, keeping the latter in check. Read More >

A disturbing health portrait of single-room occupancy tenants
August 9, 2013The study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, show that two-thirds of residents suffered from an average of three illnesses simultaneously. Read More >