Health Matters BC

• New healthcare hub coming to East Vancouver’s Commercial Drive

  The facilities are intended to take stress off of hospital ERs while providing patients with same-day access to doctors and nurses.

  Jul 17, 2019
  
• B.C. seniors will no longer have to accept first available long-term care bed

  Seniors in British Columbia will have more long-term care options and choices starting this month.

  Health

  Jul 3, 2019
  
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• Dedicated cardiac CT scanner at St Paul’s Hospital

  Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital is announcing a fundamental change in the treatment of cardiac patients, with a new procedure that’s the first of its kind in Canada.

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  Jun 19, 2019
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• Could Type 2 diabetes be reversed by reducing a protein in fat cells? UBC researchers think so

  A possible treatment for one of the most common diseases in the world may have been discovered in a B.C. research lab.

  Canada

  Jun 17, 2019
• Province to cover costs of life-saving treatment for Vancouver Island 3-year-old

  Charleigh Pollack has been in desperate need of the $1 million-per-year therapy to treat a rare disease.

  Health

  Jun 14, 2019
• Province working on approving life-saving medication for Vancouver Island 3-year-old

  A desperate Vancouver Island family is asking the province to approve a drug that could save their daughter's life.

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  Jun 14, 2019
• New 3D printing technology to help surgeons at B.C. Children’s Hospital

  The 3D printers can make models of a child's organs to help doctors with clinical planning and preparation.

  Jun 6, 2019
• UBC research could hold promise of preventative treatments for some forms of MS

  Researchers have identified a dozen gene mutations that they believe highlight the root causes of some forms of MS.

  Health

  Jun 6, 2019
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• Why is the C-section rate still climbing in Canada?

  Every year the rate of delivering a baby via surgery continues to climb and is far above the ideal rate put forward by the World Health Organization.

  Health

  May 28, 2019
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• B.C. government becomes first Canadian jurisdiction to shift to cheaper biosimilar drugs

  The B.C. government is shifting the type of drugs funded by the provincial health care system.

  Health

  May 27, 2019