Prevention is the best medicine, especially when considering that up 70 per cent of all adverse drug events (ADEs) that land people in hospitals are potentially preventable. ADEs are unwanted and unintended medical events related to the use of medications. Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) scientist and Richmond Hospital clinical pharmacy specialist Jane de Lemos helps diagnose and resolve ADEs. She is embarking on a project to study why these events happen and how patients, physicians, and pharmacists can better prevent them.

We all know aerobic exercise is good our health, but for stroke patients, aerobic exercise may be a whole lot more: it may be the key that unlocks their brain’s ability to recover. Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute scientist Dr. Lara Boyd is trying to figure out exactly now to make the key fit. Boyd and her team at the University of British Columbia have embarked on a study of exercise paired with motor learning patients with chronic stroke.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects 1 in 150 Canadians. That’s one of the highest rates in the world. Along with serious health issues related to the digestive tract, people who have colitis, Crohn’s disease, or another IBD condition often also have symptoms that affect their joints, skin, and mental health.

While getting physically slower in later years is simply a part of getting older, a new study led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) scientist Dr. John Best spotlights how a significant decrease in gait speed is a possible predictor of future cognitive decline among older adults.

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) and Vaccine Evaluation Center research coordinator Jessica Bow has accomplished something challenging for any adult – she’s earned the trust of teenagers. Bow is the B.C.

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute scientist Dr. Judy Illes and Dr. Jordan Tesluk, a post-doctoral fellow at the National Core for Neuroethics, see an unfortunate gap in research about environmental neuroethics, the study of how environmental changes are linked to changes in the brain and mental health and the ethics that will guide response to outcomes. Contributing to a recently published commentary article in Environmental Health, Dr. Illes and Dr.

New tools developed at the Vancouver Prostate Centre (VPC) are substantially advancing the possibility of offering precise, personalized therapies to effectively treat treatment-resistant prostate cancer, also known as metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Proud Mount Pleasant resident Mavreen David has felt a greater appreciation for life over the past seven years – she’s been experiencing remission from the intense pain and discomfort of active Crohn’s disease. The 38-year-old local photographer has suffered from the chronic inflammatory bowel disease for 26 years, complicated by the arthritis and depression that the condition has caused. She has undergone multiple surgeries and a gamut of treatments to make life more bearable. Despite her challenges, she feels her story is one that may give patients hope.