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FoM Medicine This Week | October 17-21, 2016

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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

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What does UBC cancer researcher Dr. Eaves hope to accomplish in 10 years?
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Jerilynn Prior is concerned that the birth control pill is given out like ‘M&Ms,’ way too easily.
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