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.
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) plays a role in improving patient care in B.C. and around the world with the annual VCHRI Innovation and Translational Research Awards. The Awards are intended to help put knowledge into practice. This year, we are again proud to support innovative research that will implement research outcomes and turn discoveries into opportunities for better health and improved therapies.
Congratulations to the 2016 Innovation and Translational Research Awards recipients:
Lung cancer continues to be the most common cause of cancer death in Canada and around the world. Each year, it kills 20,000 Canadians. That’s more than breast, prostate, cervical, and colorectal cancer combined. Although the prospect of surviving clinically diagnosed lung cancer is often bleak, a tool that calculates a person’s risk of developing lung cancer offers new hope by allowing for potentially life-saving early detection of the disease.
The health benefits gained from a good night’s sleep now include a reduced risk of injury on the job. A recently published study in Thorax comparing individuals with diagnosed sleep apnea and a control group who tested negative for the sleep disorder showed that individuals with untreated sleep apnea were twice as likely to get hurt at work.
The Island Health Research department is pleased to announce a Clinical Research Education Symposium in Victoria on Tuesday, May 3rd. This year, VIHA is returning to a grass roots focus on education that addresses practical issues related to compliance and conduct that are faced on a daily basis in the complex clinical trials environment.
This registration is for the video-conference site at VGH.
