By Grace Jenkins

Home-care nurses Evanna Brennan and Susan Giles have been providing life-saving care to people living with HIV/AIDS and significant health issues in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side (DTES) since the 1980s. They saw the beginning of the HIV epidemic and witnessed the drug and overdose crisis develop into what it is today. Throughout it all, they have remained stalwart pillars care and compassion for Vancouver’s most vulnerable population.

By Grace Jenkins

New research suggests that a low-carb, high-fat diet, similar to the popular ‘keto’ diet, may be linked to increased levels of “bad” cholesterol and a higher risk of heart disease. The study, led by Dr. Iulia Iatan with the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation and the Healthy Heart Program Prevention (HHPP) Clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital, and Dr. Liam Brunham, senior author and Medical Lead of the HHPP, is one of the first of its kind to examine the association between this type of diet and cardiovascular outcomes.

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Carraresi Foundation-Early Career Clinician Investigator Award. As in previous years, we received a good number of inspiring applications, which made the evaluation process challenging.  That said, it validated the high quality of candidates we are fortunate to host and consider for this award.

By Grace Jenkins

Atrial fibrillation is a chronic heart condition that gets worse over time. A new study that was released in print today suggests that treating it with surgery first, instead of starting with medicine, can stop the disease from progressing to a more severe stage.