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News, COVID-19 July/August 2021
... by Dr Babak Shadgan, a researcher at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, the study concluded that IRT ... active and well-developed COVID-19 infection. Underlying health conditions, stress, pregnancy, certain medications, ... can also alter someone’s surface body temperature. He notes that this can result in a false positive or false ...
News, COVID-19 October 2020
A team from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University has made ... blood samples from critically ill patients at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC). They build on a growing body ... statistical methods and artificial intelligence. The team notes that predicting a patient’s disease severity can help ...
News March 2019
... University of British Columbia professor in the Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing, Kelowna, ... of living well with an awareness of dying. Robinson notes that globally there are 14.1 million new cancer cases ... with awareness of dying,” was published in Qualitative Health Research . It is available online at ...
News October 2019
... and then submit to the European Medicines Agency and Health Canada. The trials considered in the approvals are usually the same. Dr Loree also notes that they weren’t able to analyze the participation ...
News March 2019
... Complex Care Planning and Management Fee G14043: GP Mental Health Planning Fee G14063: GP Palliative Care Planning Fee ... and Management Fee Simplifying billing The Personal Health Risk Assessment (Prevention) (G14066) has been amended ... age 80+ It is recommended that GPs ensure that clinical notes for any 0120 or GPSC mental health management fee ...
News January/February 2017
A recent study by UBC medical researchers examined the health care costs associated with lumpectomy patients ... double recommended targets, the additional cost to BC’s health care system alone is $2 million per year. Study author ... targets, and report cards provided to surgeons. Dr Baliski notes that, in Canada, 23% of women require additional ...
News / BY: Laura McLean March 2017
The American Medical Association notes that there are over 48 000 genetic tests currently available for health risk screening or diagnostic purposes, and the number ... of genetic testing for individuals seeking life and health insurance. The Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness ...
News July/August 2016
... the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health have proven that multiple sclerosis can be caused by a ... Research Chair at UBC and director of Vancouver Coastal Health’s MS and Neuromyelitis Optica Clinic, notes that if a person has this gene, chances are they will ...
News / BY: Claire Campion Wright, BSc, March 2016
... longer after diagnosis. The Heart and Stroke Foundation notes that there are roughly 70 000 heart attacks in Canada ... and join the more than 1.3 million Canadians living with health impacts from heart disease or stroke. If you were ... would you have the financial freedom to attend to your health? The average hospital stay after a stroke is 16.1 ...
News July/August 2016
... SFU Professor Diane Gromala supervised the work and notes that the game is the latest in the lab’s efforts to develop virtual reality approaches to address health care issues. Professor Gromala holds a Canada Research ...