http://med.ubc.ca Through Knowledge Creating Health Fri, 17 May 2013 23:37:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://med.ubc.ca/hrh-the-duke-of-york-dedicates-cornerstone-of-djavad-mowafaghian-centre-for-brain-health/ http://med.ubc.ca/hrh-the-duke-of-york-dedicates-cornerstone-of-djavad-mowafaghian-centre-for-brain-health/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 23:31:45 +0000 bkladko http://med-fom-main.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=13007 http://med.ubc.ca/hrh-the-duke-of-york-dedicates-cornerstone-of-djavad-mowafaghian-centre-for-brain-health/feed/ 0 The Duke of York (left), UBC President Stephen J. Toope and Djavad Mowafaghian discuss the future brain health centre. Prince Andrew DMCBH_01 http://med.ubc.ca/the-double-life-of-pediatrics-resident-kristopher-kang/ http://med.ubc.ca/the-double-life-of-pediatrics-resident-kristopher-kang/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 20:36:48 +0000 bkladko http://med-fom-main.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=12755 http://med.ubc.ca/the-double-life-of-pediatrics-resident-kristopher-kang/feed/ 0 From the corridors of BC Children's Hospital to gunfire and bombs, subsistence poverty and rudimentary governance. KK homepage collage http://med.ubc.ca/md-class-of-2015-donation-gives-a-lift-to-low-income-patients/ http://med.ubc.ca/md-class-of-2015-donation-gives-a-lift-to-low-income-patients/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:59 +0000 bkladko http://med-fom-main.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=12980 http://med.ubc.ca/md-class-of-2015-donation-gives-a-lift-to-low-income-patients/feed/ 0 The students donated $9,292 to Hope Air, which arranges free flights for patients needing specialized care. Aircraft taking off_01 http://med.ubc.ca/strength-training-cardio-workouts-less-time-at-the-doctor/ http://med.ubc.ca/strength-training-cardio-workouts-less-time-at-the-doctor/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 21:00:28 +0000 bkladko http://med-fom-main.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=12715 http://med.ubc.ca/strength-training-cardio-workouts-less-time-at-the-doctor/feed/ 0 Yoga or Pilates, however, don't help, according to the study of senior women published in PLOS ONE. Senior woman walking_01 http://med.ubc.ca/ubc-cardiologists-help-show-that-blood-thinner-is-safe-for-patients-getting-cardiac-devices/ http://med.ubc.ca/ubc-cardiologists-help-show-that-blood-thinner-is-safe-for-patients-getting-cardiac-devices/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 16:53:01 +0000 bkladko http://med-fom-main.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=12906 http://med.ubc.ca/ubc-cardiologists-help-show-that-blood-thinner-is-safe-for-patients-getting-cardiac-devices/feed/ 0 Andrew Krahn, one of the study's organizers, said the findings will simplify pre-operative drug treatment to prevent strokes. Krahn in clinic http://med.ubc.ca/2013-faculty-of-medicine-awards/ http://med.ubc.ca/2013-faculty-of-medicine-awards/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:47 +0000 Patricia Gray http://med-fom-main.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=12453 http://med.ubc.ca/2013-faculty-of-medicine-awards/feed/ 0 Anthony Phillips, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, received the Bill and Marilyn Webber Lifetime Achievement Award. Phillips-Anthony http://med.ubc.ca/investigations-and-breakthroughs/ http://med.ubc.ca/investigations-and-breakthroughs/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 19:41:23 +0000 bkladko http://med-fom-main.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=12821 http://med.ubc.ca/investigations-and-breakthroughs/feed/ 0 Another culprit for obesity: Too much insulin A serendipitous discovery by Associate Professor James Johnson could overturn widely accepted notions about healthy eating habits. The study, published in Cell Metabolism, examined the role of insulin, the hormone that allows the body to store blood sugar for later use as an energy source. Dr. Johnson, in [...] http://med.ubc.ca/philanthropists-bet-on-faculty-of-medicine-for-life-saving-solutions/ http://med.ubc.ca/philanthropists-bet-on-faculty-of-medicine-for-life-saving-solutions/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 19:04:22 +0000 bkladko http://med-fom-main.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=12809 http://med.ubc.ca/philanthropists-bet-on-faculty-of-medicine-for-life-saving-solutions/feed/ 0 Although the Canadian government is the largest single source of the Faculty of Medicine’s research funding, its various granting agencies are understandably wary of unconventional ideas. That is often where private foundations step in. Philanthropists can take a chance on a risky idea with the potential for high reward — an innovative solution that can [...] http://med.ubc.ca/voyages-of-discovery-close-to-home/ http://med.ubc.ca/voyages-of-discovery-close-to-home/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 18:55:47 +0000 bkladko http://med-fom-main.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=12800 http://med.ubc.ca/voyages-of-discovery-close-to-home/feed/ 0 As Europeans colonized Canada’s western coast, the uncharted wilderness slowly yielded its secrets to explorers, trappers,  miners and cartographers. But understanding of the indigenous peoples always lagged behind Europeans’ knowledge of the land, and still does. Professor of Speech-Language Pathology May Bernhardt discovered one such area of uncharted cultural understanding several years ago — in [...] http://med.ubc.ca/cutting-edge-without-the-cutting/ http://med.ubc.ca/cutting-edge-without-the-cutting/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 18:21:14 +0000 bkladko http://med-fom-main.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=12790 http://med.ubc.ca/cutting-edge-without-the-cutting/feed/ 0 Interventional radiology (IR) is among the youngest of medical fields, dating only to the 1960s, when Portland’s Charles Dotter invented angioplasty and the catheter-delivered stent. Owing to its novelty and its reliance on technology, IR is one of the most rapidly-evolving medical subspecialities. Dave Liu is riding that wave’s leading edge. “We’re trying to develop [...]