Patients who have undergone sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass are typically discharged from hospital 1 to 2 days after surgery and followed closely by a multidisciplinary team of health care... Read More

The adverse effects of obesity impact every aspect of the health care system. Studies have demonstrated that diet, lifestyle modifications, and currently available pharmaceutical agents are... Read More

Harm reduction It comes as no surprise to health care workers that sharing syringes and injection paraphernalia increases the risk of HIV/hepatitis C seroconversion. There is a plethora of evidence... Read More

An increasing number of patients in British Columbia are survivors of breast cancer and are navigating life in their “new normal.” Survivorship care is an evolving field that strives to recognize,... Read More

Historically, the treatment of breast cancer involved aggressive surgical resection, an approach based on the rationale that the more complete the removal of tissue the less likely the disease would... Read More