Background Liver transplantation has been available in British Columbia since 1989, with a growing number of transplants performed each year. In 2005, 31 liver transplants were performed in BC. Only... Read More
Jim Gilmore, the association’s first director of communications, brought a raft of sweeping changes and innovations to the association—many of which are still in place today—over his 20-year career... Read More
Exercise physiologist Martti Karvonen is remembered today as a founding father of cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention in Finland. He was born in 1918 and received his medical degree... Read More
Acute leukemia refers to a category of blood cancers characterized by aggressive proliferation of clonal blast cells in the bone marrow and, occasionally, in the tissues. There are two main types of... Read More
Mindfulness is often defined in the psychological literature as nonjudgmental present-centred awareness. By allowing a break from destructive thinking patterns and creating a space for introspection... Read More