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FoM Medicine This Week | October 17-21, 2016
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FoM Medicine This Week | October 17-21, 2016
A weekly roundup of news, stories, and media mentions from the Faculty of Medicine.
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Medicine This Week | October 17-21, 2016
Here is the round-up of news, stories, and media mentions from the UBC Faculty of Medicine.
STORIES & NEWS RELEASES
Abortion pill rules put women at risk, says UBC’s Wendy Norman
Kids bounce back, mostly
New study aims to find hidden cancers — with a simple blood test
Hospital size a big factor in hip fracture mortality
Harnessing electricity to treat depression – in a kinder, gentler way
Susan Forwell receives Townsend and Polatajko Lectureship
How public health would handle the zombie apocalypse
Folefac Aminkeng receives two Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics awards
The pursuit of new ideas in cancer research
Media Mentions
Globe and Mail:
SPPH’s Wendy Norman says physician-only access to the abortion pill would be a barrier
Vancouver Sun
:
Family Practice’s Ian Scott’s op/ed on physicians’ role in causing — and alleviating — opioid epidemic
Metro News
:
SPPH’s Paul Kershaw’s upcoming meeting with Mayor Gregor Robertson about housing solutions for younger generation.
Related story in
Vancouver Sun
.
Time Magazine
:
Physical Therapy’s Teresa Liu-Ambrose finds exercise can help ward off memory decline
.
Similar articles appeared the
Daily Mirror
,
The Express
,
Medical Xpress
and
SCMP
.
Vancouver Sun
:
Medical Genetics’ Sylvie Langlois finds pre-natal genetic screening reduces need for amniocentesis
The Tyee
:
SPPH’s Paul Kershaw comments on BC NDP Party promising $10-a-day child care
Daily Mail:
Psychiatry’s Raymond Lam comments on health benefits of exposure to artificial light
UPI:
SPPH’s Katie Sheehan finds that seniors with hip fractures fare better in large teaching hospitals
. Similar stories also appeared in the
Toronto Star
,
CBC
,
CTV
,
Montreal Gazette
,
Castanet
,
Health Day
and
Medical Xpress
.
Metro News:
UBC screening technology used in new study aiming to find hidden cancers
CKPG TV:
UBC’s Paul Winwood on the higher number of Aboriginal grads from the Northern Medical Program
Metro News
:
Family Practice’s Wendy Norman debunks Donald Trump’s ignorance about abortion
Metro News
:
Medicine’s Paul Man says genomics is becoming the basis of many new drugs
Social Media Highlights
Top Tweet
What does UBC cancer researcher Dr. Eaves hope to accomplish in 10 years?
Top Facebook Post
Jerilynn Prior is concerned that the birth control pill is given out like ‘M&Ms,’ way too easily.
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