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Impasse between Fraser Health and hospice continues as dying patients are shuffled around

Hospices and religious-based facilities are forcing dying patients to travel by van to another facility, then transfer to another bed, to fulfil their wishes for medical assistance in dying.

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Coroner's report says Tsawwassen teen died from vascular defect that caused stroke, not from vaping

Tsawwassen teen ballplayer Kyle Losse died of a massive stroke caused by abnormal blood flow in his brain, a B.C. coroner’s report states.

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FDA alerts consumers to recall of baby product sold by Vancouver-headquartered company, Saje Natural Wellness

A popular Vancouver-based company with more than 70 stores across North America has recalled a baby wash product bottled at a contracted “natural health” products facility in Kelowna.Th…

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MEDICINE MATTERS: What Vancouver billionaire Jim Pattison has in common with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg

Answer: Both of the billionaires have given $75 million to hospitals, Zuckerberg to San Francisco General and Pattison to a new St. Paul’s Hospital here in Vancouver.And just like the hospital in S…

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B.C. Transplant may accept hepatitis C positive donors now that there's a curative drug treatment for recipients who contract it

B.C. Transplant says it is considering the previously unthinkable: allowing the transplantation of organs infected with hepatitis C into those who could die while waiting for kidneys, lungs or othe…

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As birth tourism climbs in B.C., health authority files $312,595 lawsuit over one unpaid childbirth bill

Record numbers of “birth tourists”, mostly from China, are expected at Richmond Hospital this year, but there are no plans to deter women from having their babies at the hospital i…

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Half of colorectal cancers detected after they've already spread, despite screening programs

Colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer deaths, has already spread in half of all cases by the time it is diagnosed, a national report released on Wednesday shows.That’s despite…

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MEDICINE MATTERS: Infamous physician calls medical regulators investigating him a "bunch of twats"

My story about the scandalous, disreputable, Dr. Patrick Nesbitt, who was suspended for the sixth time earlier this year, is the most popular article I’ve written in the first half of the year.It&r…

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Vancouver urologists shine new light on bladder cancers to improve detection

Vancouver urologists are shining new light — literally — on cancerous bladder lesions, with a new tool that makes malignant cells appear pink when fluorescent blue light is shone on the…

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Margaret MacDiarmid, the former Liberal health minister whose political legacy is linked to the health scandal that engulfed B.C.’s Liberal government, has finally opened up about o…

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Margaret MacDiarmid, the former Liberal health minister whose political legacy is linked to the health scandal that engulfed B.C.’s Liberal government, has finally opened up about o…

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B.C. Nurses' Union boots boss; Gayle Duteil replaced as president by Christine Sorensen

In a precedent-setting move, the B.C. Nurses’ Union has ousted its beleaguered president, Gayle Duteil, after receiving a confidential report by arbitrators Vince Ready and Judy Korbin. Christine S…

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Uptick in B.C. Lyme disease cases attributed to new test, increased awareness

Confirmed and reported cases of Lyme disease in B.C. have at least doubled in just a few years, largely because of more sensitive diagnostic testing being used as well as greater awareness on the p…

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B.C. court orders fake 'doctor' to shut down, stop injecting Botox

A woman who used a forged medical licence to obtain Botox and fillers from a pharmaceutical company has been ordered by the B.C. Supreme Court to stop calling herself a doctor and to stop injecting…

Dr. Lip Job no more!

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Naturopath's rabid-dog saliva remedy has B.C. health minister pondering self-regulation in health care

Health Minister Adrian Dix says investigations of a naturopath who gave a misbehaving child a remedy with saliva of a rabid dog should help determine whether self-regulation of health providers is …

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Stigma-free online tests offered as sexually transmitted diseases rise in B.C.

Online dating, casual hookups and a decline in safe sex practices due to a diminished fear of HIV/AIDS are factors contributing to rising rates of sexually transmitted illnesses such as syphilis, g…

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Victoria nurse barred from practice over sexual misconduct

A B.C. nurse sexually assaulted a 73-year old patient he was supposed to be treating for a foot wound and can no longer practise as a registered nurse, according to the College of Registered N…