Posts Tagged ‘Faculty of Medicine’
May. 14, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: alzheimer's disease, brain health, Brain Research Centre, cardio, dementia, exercise, Faculty of Medicine, health, health care costs, jennifer davis, pilates, research excellence, tai-chi, teresa liu-ambrose, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, weight training, yoga
Forget apples – lifting weights and doing cardio can also keep the doctors away, according a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.
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May. 1, 2013 | Filed under: UBC Reports Stories, University News | Tags: archaeology, Burundi, Cambodia, ChangeTheWorld, Faculty of Applied Science, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Medicine, Haida Gwaii, Iran, Malawi, midwifery, Sara Eftekhar, Sarah Youngblutt, School of Nursing, Shannon Greenwood, World University Service of Canada Student Refugee Program, Yasin Kiraga
The inaugural UBC Reports Most Likely to Change the World contest received 45 nominations from students, faculty and staff across both campuses.
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May. 1, 2013 | Filed under: Science, Health and Technology, UBC Reports Stories | Tags: als, congregation, Creutzfeld-Jacob disease, Doogie Howswer, Faculty of Medicine, graduation, Lou Gehrig's disease, Neil Cashman, prion disease, Steve Plotkin, Will Guest
Will Guest is the youngest grad of UBC’s MD/PhD program. He’s also in line for his first patent
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Apr. 12, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology, University News | Tags: Faculty of Medicine, Gavin Stuart, health, icord, research excellence, Rick Hansen Foundation, Rick Hansen Institute, spinal cord injury, vancouver coastal health
Spinal cord injury research at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health will be accelerated by a 10-year, $20 million contribution from the Rick Hansen Foundation.
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Apr. 10, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: Barbara Mintzes, business, Faculty of Medicine, family doctors, FDA, health, Health Canada, pharmaceutical sales, research excellence, School of Population and Public Health, side effects
Family doctors receive little or no information about harmful effects of medicines in the majority of drug promotions during visits by drug company representatives, according to an international study involving Canadian, U.S. and French physicians.
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Apr. 8, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: drugs, Faculty of Medicine, health, Health Affairs, pharmaceuticals, policy, price, rebates, School of Population and Public Health, SPPH, Steve Morgan
Health systems worldwide are increasingly negotiating secret price rebates from pharmaceutical companies and Canadians risk losing out on the deal.
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Apr. 3, 2013 | Filed under: Science, Health and Technology, UBC Reports Stories, University News | Tags: Adrienne Montgomery, Andrew Kwasnica, Dan Crompton, David Snadden, Faculty of Medicine, Northern Medical Program, Rural doctors, Vancouver Island Medical Program
Seeds take root in a new generation of B.C. doctors
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Apr. 3, 2013 | Filed under: Science, Health and Technology, UBC Reports Stories | Tags: community engagement, Faculty of Medicine, health, Mo Korchinski, prison health, research excellence, Ruth Martin, School of Population and Public Health, women's health
Dr. Ruth Martin and former inmate Mo Korchinski fight for change for incarcerated women
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Mar. 20, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: COPD, Faculty of Medicine, Gairdner Foundation, health, James Hogg, Providence Health Care, research excellence, St. Paul's Hospital
The Gairdner Foundation has recognized Dr. James Hogg with the Canada Gairdner Wightman Award, the premier honour for leadership in medical science in Canada.
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Mar. 15, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, University News | Tags: arts, Canada Research Chair, CRC, Faculty of Applied Science, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Science, health, research excellence, sustainability
University of British Columbia research in areas ranging from Indigenous literature, to nanotechnology, to evolutionary biology received a boost today with the appointment and renewal of eight Canada Research Chairs.
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