The International League Against Epilepsy and the International Bureau for Epilepsy have given their Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr Juhn A. Wada, professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry... Read More
The BC government has released an action plan with the goal of improving access to end-of-life care. The plan proposes redesigning health services to deliver coordinated end-of-life care (including... Read More
The Gairdner Foundation has recognized Dr James Hogg with the Canada Gairdner Wightman Award for leadership in medical science in Canada. Dr Hogg, principal investigator at the UBC James Hogg... Read More
The RCMP is overhauling its employee health, disability, and support services regimen. Federal legislation approved in 2012 altered the definition of an “insured person” under the Canada Health Act... Read More
The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) reports that 1 in 200 seniors was hospitalized because of an adverse drug reaction between 2010 and 2011, compared with 1 in 1000 of all other... Read More