Teamwork in healthcare a necessity as medicine becomes more complicated
The latest book by Dr. Brian Goldman is about how health professionals are teaming up to improve the safety and quality of medicine and hospital care for patients.
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Lucky breaks for former ski competitor after Whistler accident brain injury
Former Utah skiing champion got engaged on the 7th anniversary of her near-fatal accident at Whistler. She now does motivational speaking and builds awareness about traumatic brain injuries.
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The problems with clinical trials: negative results not reported by pharma sponsors
When research trials show negative results, drug companies can nix releasing the data from research trials.
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Heart health scientist calls crisis line, then goes to rehab for serious depression
Heart scientist goes to rehab for depression.
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The best timing to use a rapid test kit
Rapid test kits for COVID are most effective when used after symptoms develop, when viral load is highest.
Read MorePaxlovid for COVID patients; the ridiculously long list of meds that could pose dangerous interactions
Patients who may qualify for the new Pfizer pills, for COVID
Read MoreVaccination exemption on medical or religious grounds a 2022 legal challenge for employers
The legal challenges with mandatory vaccinations for employers and those seeking exemptions
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Aversion to rapid antigen home kits by this province is a pandemic failure
Rapid antigen tests to detect COVID-19 are grossly underused in some provinces like B.C.
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Breast cancer screening mammogram policies are based on flawed research: Dr. Paula Gordon
Controversy rages on about breast cancer screening mammography policies.
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About 11,000 cases of COVID-19 in BC healthcare workers since pandemic began
Healthcare workers account for over 5% of all COVID-19 cases in B.C. since the pandemic began. About 9% of healthcare workers have contracted COVID-19.
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B.C. access to treatments and testing for osteoporosis under review as government opens quick survey
The BC Ministry of Health has created a survey for patients, caregivers and patient groups to provide feedback about osteoporosis treatment and screening.
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Science-based experts will take your pandemic questions at this free virtual event
BY PAMELA FAYERMAN ScienceUpFirst is a consortium of Canadian experts who are trying to disrupt...
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I'm an award winning Canadian journalist for nearly four decades. I’ve worked at six daily newspapers, and for 25 years, I was the medical/health issues reporter for The Vancouver Sun and other newspapers in Canada’s largest newspaper chain. My professional development has been assisted with numerous fellowships awarded by the Association of Health Care Journalists, New York Times Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and Knight Science Journalism. I’ve received training in various aspects of medical journalism at Columbia University (neuroscience), MIT (medical evidence and digital science journalism), Mount Sinai Medical Center (aging) and Dartmouth College medical school (Medicine in the Media).
I graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in journalism and attended Queen’s University law school on a one-year legal journalism fellowship from the Canadian Bar Association.
I’m the recipient of several prestigious journalism awards as well as two major grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, one for a series on patient navigators and another for a series that focused on knowledge translation as it pertains to fallopian tube removal to prevent ovarian cancer.
My goal for this website is to share valuable information that will help readers learn about health care, research and medical advancements.
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