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New healthcare hub coming to East Vancouver’s Commercial DriveThe facilities are intended to take stress off of hospital ERs while providing patients with same-day access to doctors and nurses.Jul 17, 2019
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B.C. seniors will no longer have to accept first available long-term care bedSeniors in British Columbia will have more long-term care options and choices starting this month.HealthJul 3, 2019
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Dedicated cardiac CT scanner at St Paul’s HospitalVancouver’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.HealthJun 19, 2019
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Could Type 2 diabetes be reversed by reducing a protein in fat cells? UBC researchers think soA possible treatment for one of the most common diseases in the world may have been discovered in a B.C. research lab.CanadaJun 17, 2019
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Province to cover costs of life-saving treatment for Vancouver Island 3-year-oldCharleigh Pollack has been in desperate need of the $1 million-per-year therapy to treat a rare disease.HealthJun 14, 2019
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Province working on approving life-saving medication for Vancouver Island 3-year-oldA desperate Vancouver Island family is asking the province to approve a drug that could save their daughter's life.HealthJun 14, 2019
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New 3D printing technology to help surgeons at B.C. Children’s HospitalThe 3D printers can make models of a child's organs to help doctors with clinical planning and preparation.Jun 6, 2019
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UBC research could hold promise of preventative treatments for some forms of MSResearchers have identified a dozen gene mutations that they believe highlight the root causes of some forms of MS.HealthJun 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.HealthMay 28, 2019
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B.C. government becomes first Canadian jurisdiction to shift to cheaper biosimilar drugsThe B.C. government is shifting the type of drugs funded by the provincial health care system.HealthMay 27, 2019
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