July 5, 2022 Clinical Research Amid buzz around the medical benefits of psilocybin, a new production facility gets to work in B.C. Studies are ongoing with early evidence pointing to its ability to relieve symptoms in adults suffering from treatment-resistant depression.
July 4, 2022 Health Policy Fourth COVID vaccine dose should be available to all adults who want it just as Quebec has done.
June 30, 2022 Addiction Regulatory bodies in the EU and US imposing strict regulations and bans on heated tobacco-containing products and nicotine vaping products from Juul Labs respectively.
June 29, 2022 Allergy/Immunology Brushing the tree pollen off our cars in the morning as if it is like snow and allergy sufferers are living it.
June 28, 2022 Cardiovascular Diesase Could a ‘quick and easy’ bone density test help predict risk for vascular dementia late in life? Study suggests this is possible but does not have the power to demonstrate causality.
June 24, 2022 Clinical Research End of week wrap up: Not being able to stand on one legs means you die earlier?, Alzheimer an autoimmune disease?, and COVID vaccines saved millions of lives according to Lancet-published study.
June 21, 2022 Neurosurgery Deep Brain Stimulation eliminated the self-harming behaviours of a child suffering from a rare severe form of self-harming autism, Pitt-Hopkins syndrome.
June 20, 2022 Allergy/Immunology Another study confirms the safety and efficacy of peanut powder to desensitize infants and children with peanut allergy.
June 16, 2022 Drug Abuse Student and teacher naloxone training program to thwart opioid overdose deaths is an excellent idea and will save lives.