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HIV Therapies Provide a Near Normal Lifespan in Africa
Vancouver, July 18, 2011 - A landmark study by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) shows that patients in Africa receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) for HIV can expect to live a near normal lifespan.
Dr. Julio Montaner Receives the Prix Galien Research Award
Vancouver, November 17, 2010 - Dr. Julio Montaner, director of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and past-president of the International AIDS Society, received the award in recognition of his ongoing innovation in the development and delivery of HIV treatment.
Research to Help Those Suffering from Dementia
Vancouver, June 24, 2010 - The results from the first phase of a ground-breaking research pilot project could help improve the dining experience and quality of life for seniors living with dementia.
Researchers at the Centre for Healthy Aging at Providence (CHAP) recently studied how the physical and social redesign of a care home’s dining area influenced the quality of the dining experience for the residents.
Vancouver Research Team Identifies a Key Predictor of Cardiovascular Death
Vancouver, March 15, 2010 - Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) hospitalizes more than 160,000 Canadians every year, and almost one quarter of those patients die from this common form of heart disease. But now a team of Vancouver based researchers has identified a key predictor of mortality in CAD patients, which means that specialists can better determine how to treat and improve outcomes for patients with CAD.
Funding for Canada-Wide Rollout of Revolutionary Biomedical IT Resources
Vancouver, November 19, 2009 - Biomedical researchers face many problems as they try to understand and develop new interventions and treatments for disease.
One of the major challenges is the length of time it takes to find the right data and the right way to analyze it. But researchers across Canada got a boost last week when Canada's Advanced Research and Innovation Network (CANARIE) awarded $927,000 for the C-BRASS (Canadian Bioinformatics Resources As Semantic Services) project.
Results of North America's First Heroin Study (NAOMI)
Vancouver, August 20, 2009 - Published in the August 20th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), results of North America’s first heroin-assisted treatment study (North American Opiate Medication Initiative - NAOMI Study) confirm again that supervised prescribed heroin is a safe and effective treatment for people with chronic heroin addiction who have not benefited from previous treatments.