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What do you do when you receive a diagnosis, or if you think you might be facing a new health challenge, especially if it’s sensitive and highly personal? Most people turn to the internet first, often too embarrassed to seek professional medical advice, but what they find there can be overwhelming, conflicting, and, in some cases, completely incorrect.
Congratulations to the KT Challenge winners!
Five PHC teams have been awarded funding in the 2021 Knowledge Translation Challenge
Extensive Study in Canada to Assess COVID-19 Vaccine Immune Responses and Effectiveness among People Living With HIV
People living with HIV are less likely to mount an adequate immune response, which may put them at higher risk for both serious COVID-19 illness and reduced response to COVID-19 vaccination.
Pandemic underlines need to address physician burnout, study finds
Physician burnout was already on the rise before the pandemic, says Dr. Khan, noting the COVID-19 pandemic tripled the odds that physicians said they felt burnout.
Shoppers Drug Mart Partners with UBC, BCCSU on Addiction Care
Shoppers Drug Mart is helping to improve addiction treatment and care for all Canadians by supporting pharmacist training and education led by the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU).
Researchers Investigate Iodine Rinse as Treatment for COVID-19
At the St. Paul’s Sinus Centre, a team of researchers is investigating whether an inexpensive and widely available over-the-counter medication could be used to stop COVID-19 in its tracks.
Prostate cancer patients inform health economics research
“The biopsy was very challenging and uncomfortable…it sounds like a gun going off,” said Simon. “I have talked to other guys who have said you definitely don’t want to have a biopsy if you can avoid it.”
No Increase in Suicide in the Early Days of COVID Pandemic
“We did not observe an increase in suicides during this period. If anything, we saw a slight decrease,” said Dr. Barbic, an emergency physician at St. Paul’s Hospital and a clinical assistant professor at the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine.
Medication Matters: Introducing Our Newest Scientist, Dr. Mary De Vera
For Dr. Mary De Vera, a diagnosis with colorectal cancer at 36 was the start of a whole new program of research.
Nurses Express Hope, Anxiety around COVID-19 in New Study
With National Nursing Week here, Agnes Black has one request: let’s scale back the ‘nurses are heroes’ talk.
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