Concussion follows a traumatic brain injury that violently jostles the head and brain, and one that can leave lasting mental scars. Around 10-20 per cent of adults will develop post-concussion symptoms that persist beyond three months after their injury. Left unchecked, they can lead to long-term disability, dramatically reducing a person’s ability to function and enjoy daily life.
Research conducted by team members from the Division of Orthopaedic Trauma at Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia (UBC) is re-writing the book on how long it takes patients to recover — both functionally and physically — from the most severe of orthopaedic injuries: pelvic and acetabular fractures.
Sometimes you have to push boundaries to advance medical science.
That is exactly what Dr. Eric Yoshida, a principal investigator with Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and the former medical director of the BC Liver Transplant Program, and his team did in 2021 when they successfully completed an orthotopic liver transplant into a young patient with active COVID-19.
It was the first successful instance of such a transplant in Canada and only the second one recorded worldwide.
The most common cardiac arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation (AF), affects up to 500,000 Canadians and contributes to approximately one quarter of strokes among people over 40 years of age. Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute scientist Dr. Jason Andrade — who was named a ‘World Expert on Atrial Fibrillation’ by Expertscape — shares his insights into the latest approaches to prevent and treat AF.
Time is of the essence to administer the best possible treatment when a patient enters the hospital with a heart attack. In the case of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) — one of the most dangerous and potentially deadly forms of heart attack — the coronary artery is completely blocked, restricting life-giving blood from flowing through the arteries to the heart muscle.
Vancouver – B.C. scientists published new research today in JAMA Network Open showing that removing a person’s fallopian tubes at the time of other routine gynecologic surgeries is a safe, effective way to reduce ovarian cancer risk, ultimately leading to lives saved.
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the results of its Fall 2021 project grant competition. Congratulations to all the VCHRI researchers who were awarded project grants and priority announcement grants.
