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Province provides $500,000 for interCultural Online Health Network (iCON)
March 26, 2012iCON connects health practitioners and community members to learn about chronic disease prevention and management. Read More >

Neuroethicist recommends guidelines on reporting research incidental findings
March 26, 2012 Read More >

Province invests $5 million in prostate centre
March 19, 2012B.C. Ministry of Health news release | March 19, 2012 B.C. men are to benefit from a $5-million provincial grant to the Vancouver Prostate Centre, a University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital Centre of Excellence and world leader in research and treatment of prostate cancer. “We need to ensure B.C. remains at the […] Read More >

Research suggests medically prescribed heroin more effective, less costly than current methadone treatment
March 16, 2012Model shows those using heroin-assisted therapy live longer and cost society less Medically prescribed heroin is more cost-effective than methadone for treating long-term street heroin users, according to a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Providence Health Care. The study, published March 12, 2012 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal […] Read More >

Founding members of the Faculty of Medicine donate Bill Reid collection to UBC’s Museum of Anthropology
March 5, 2012 Read More >

Younger children in the classroom likely over-diagnosed with ADHD: UBC research
March 5, 2012 Read More >

Dismay over ovarian cancer outcomes leads to new professorship
February 20, 2012 Read More >

International ranking for infant mortality flawed: Canadian study
February 17, 2012 Read More >

New drugs show promise for preventing “absence seizures” in children: UBC research
February 15, 2012 Read More >

UBC and four other Canadian universities chosen by U.S. to lead health education reform
February 14, 2012 Read More >