Overuse injuries soaring among children in sports
In the weeks after B.C.’s provincial cross-country championships in November, almost one in five of the children and teens who had participated appeared at clinics and doctors’ offices with[…]
Category: Health
Trans community hopeful for health care equality
Adrian Zhang knows firsthand the challenges that transgender people face in British Columbia. He came out to friends and family as a transgender male when he was 15.[…]
Domestic abuse research points to long-term health risks
Serious long-term health effects are the latest in a troubling list of consequences faced by women who are in abusive relationships, researchers have discovered. Colleen Varcoe, a professor[…]
Final days for Vancouver’s only youth clinic
Vancouver’s only clinic catering just for young people is closing after four decades. The Pine Free Clinic provided health care services to youth 24 and under, including those without medical[…]
Haircuts for cancer on UBC campus raises more than $55,000
This year’s UBC Cuts for Cancer event in February raised $55,551.20 a significant increase from last year’s $30,000 dollar total. Volunteer Andrew Mcllelan said this year all hair[…]
DTES dudes hang out to learn about health
The lyrics to Ray Charles hit R&B tune “I Don’t Need no Doctor” are just as valid today as they were in the 60’s. Men do not like[…]
Downtown Eastside residents turn to each other to counter overdoses
Dan Meyer overdosed on heroin and almost died two years ago when a Vancouver nurse saved his life with a single injection of naloxone. Now, he can perform[…]
Downtown Eastside health team tackles high rates of lung disease
A new health initiative in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is going to residents in their own buildings to test them for undiagnosed lung illness, a condition that is widespread[…]
New study says B.C. bud market worth $500 million per year
The British Columbia government is missing out by not regulating and taxing the $500 million of cannabis that is sold locally each year, according to a study published[…]
Study shows unique addiction program for women works
A scientific evaluation of the Downtown Eastside’s unique women-only drug treatment program — one that is being threatened with closure at the end of November — shows that[…]
Culture
Iranian students in Canada suffer impact of U.S. sanctionsNovember 21, 2018
Journalists of colour insist media diversity will only improve when editors careNovember 21, 2018
Sex-consent workshop policies at fraternities have gapsNovember 21, 2018
Financial pressure forces local theatre workers to jump ship to Hollywood NorthOctober 25, 2018
