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BC Children's and Sunny Hill
December 24, 2009
Most children at BC Children’s Hospital will soon be going home for the Christmas holidays. Only the sickest children, who are too ill to leave the hospital, will remain.
BC Transplant
December 18, 2009
This year, BC Transplant, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority, is pleased to celebrate two significant milestones—the 20th anniversary of both the liver and the lung transplant programs in BC.
BC Cancer
December 18, 2009
The BC Cancer Agency has become the first in Western Canada to purchase new HALO ablation technology for the treatment of Barrett’s Esophagus complicated by dysplasia, a pre-cancerous or early cancerous condition affecting the lining of the esophagus.
BC Cancer
December 15, 2009
Patients and health professionals are benefiting from a new research program — the Complementary Medicine Education and Outcomes Program (CAMEO) — which is the first of its kind in Canada. The program supports cancer patients and health professionals in making informed decisions about how to safely integrate evidence-based complementary medicine with conventional cancer care.
BC Cancer
December 15, 2009
Patients and health professionals are benefiting from a new research program — the Complementary Medicine Education and Outcomes Program (CAMEO) — which is the first of its kind in Canada. The program supports cancer patients and health professionals in making informed decisions about how to safely integrate evidence-based complementary medicine with conventional cancer care.
BC Children's and Sunny Hill
December 14, 2009
As a result of an injection of funding from Child Health BC, an initiative of BC Children's Hospital, children living in the North can now access care closer to home thanks to an expanded clinic at Prince George Regional Hospital.
BC Children's and Sunny Hill
December 14, 2009
If you are a parent with young children, BC Children's Hospital encourages you to take precautions to ensure a safe and happy holiday season
BC Women's
December 4, 2009
Newborns across British Columbia are now being screened for more treatable metabolic diseases and other medical conditions, resulting in early identification and treatment.
BC Cancer
December 3, 2009
Pfizer is entering into a three-year, $9-million research collaboration with the BC Cancer Agency and the Vancouver Prostate Centre, a University of British Columbia (UBC) and Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) Centre of Excellence, to tackle new treatment avenues for breast, ovarian and prostate cancer. This is the single-largest investment by Pfizer into British Columbia’s public research sector, and it recognizes the strength and world-class cancer expertise that resides in this province.
CFRI
December 2, 2009
Dr. Daniel Goldowitz of the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics (CMMT) at the Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI) will lead a new national research network to understand brain development in children, the federal government announced today. Hosted by the University of British Columbia, the network will focus on researching the genetic and environmental causes of cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorders, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. It will train the next generation of researchers in pediatric brain development, and it will disseminate new knowledge into improved diagnosis, treatments and interventions that will inform care delivery and policy decisions.
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