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Vancouver author's mind roams on how we have become Dysconnected
Do you check your cellphone before you get out of bed in the morning? That’s the first question posed in Dysconnected Isolated By Our Mobile Devices (AJKS Press). The book by Vancouver-based UBC...
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New UBC chair determined to improve health care for B.C.'s rural residents
If you have a stroke in Vancouver, you can be at Vancouver General Hospital in less than half an hour, receiving highly specialized medical care from on-site neurologists. But what happens if you have...
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Lack of diversity in medical textbooks could cause racial bias: UBC study
UBC researchers studying how race and skin tone are depicted in medical textbooks have found a startling lack of diversity. And, their new study argues, that could be contributing to racial bias in...
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Exodus of Saudi doctors a flashpoint in Canadian medical training
About 44 Saudi Arabian doctors doing advanced postgraduate medical and surgical specialty training in B.C. have a month to pack up and go home, on orders of their government. They were supposed to...
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Canadian doctors educated abroad file lawsuit, say limits on B.C. residency...
A B.C. group representing Canadians who’ve graduated from medical schools outside Canada and the U.S. has filed a lawsuit challenging the obstacles these doctors face in competing for the limited...
View ArticleDaphne Bramham: What is the truth about the risks of marijuana?
Alex Berenson, a former New York Times reporter, set out to scare people with his book about the dangers of marijuana. He makes no secret of that and he’s pretty good at doing just that. His book, Tell...
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Task force launched to tackle sexual harassment at UBC medical school
UBC medical students are being sexually harassed more often than students in other Canadian medical schools, according to a new report. An internal memo written by Dr. Andrea Townson, acting co-head of...
View ArticleVancouver medical school hopeful gets $563,000 in damages after car crash
A Vancouver woman and medical school hopeful has been awarded $563,000 in damages after a car accident that occurred more than five years ago. Read More
View ArticleHigher than average cancer rates in B.C.'s Indigenous population to be...
Finding out why colon and cervical cancer rates are higher among B.C.'s Indigenous population are among the aims of a new research position at the University of British Columbia. Read More
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