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News May 2019
... individuals aged 40 years or older, heterosexuals, people living in remote areas, and people who had ever injected drugs were more likely to have ...
News March 2019
... School of Nursing, Kelowna, has determined that people diagnosed with terminal cancer—who have hope, ... each year, 8.2 million cancer deaths, and 32.6 million people living with cancer. Historically, researchers have ... participants’ awareness of dying, which differed from people living with chronic illness, and was a unique aspect ...
News January/February 2019
... and maintenance of vitamin D serum levels to help people affected by multiple sclerosis. Research has shown a ... provide information for at-risk populations as well as people diagnosed with MS. The document also highlights ... with 11 Canadians diagnosed with the disease every day. People with biological family members who have MS are at ...
News December 2019
... graduated from the UBC Medical School and cared for the people of Kelowna and mentored new generations of family ...
News March 2019
A new project aimed at supporting people transitioning back to their communities when they are ... by the BC Coroners Service in 2018. Of those, 10% (333 people) died within their first month of release from a ... throughout BC aim to address this problem by helping people with opioid-use disorders access treatment in their ...
News / BY: Jeremy Hunka September 2019
... just a single neurosurgeon serving approximately 5 million people. Over the past 17 years, KBNF has transported more ...
News January/February 2019
... include: Life expectancy among Status First Nations people improved between 2005 and 2015, but the life ... groups, but the rate of increase for First Nations people declined, resulting in an overall decrease in the ... jointly monitor the health and well-being of First Nations people in BC for the next 10 years with an expanded suite of ...
News June 2019
... which is then saved, shared, or sold for future use. While people know not to share needles, some use their own needle ...
News December 2019
... (death cap): Death cap mushrooms are believed to kill more people worldwide than any other mushroom. Death caps are ...
News April 2019
... (STI) testing removes some of the barriers that prevent people from getting tested while providing key information ... online sexual health service in BC and is available to people living in Metro Vancouver and, in partnership with ... have been completed since it launched in 2014, and 43% of people have used it for testing more than once. While online ...