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» Faculty of Medicine » Home » 2017 » September » 29 » FoM Medicine This Week | Sept 18 – 22, 2017

FoM Medicine This Week | Sept 18 – 22, 2017

A weekly roundup of news, stories, and media mentions from the Faculty of Medicine.
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Here is the round-up of news, stories, and media mentions from the UBC Faculty of Medicine.

STORIES & NEWS RELEASES

  • Edmond Chan honoured by Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Early guidance can help future moms fight fear of childbirth
  • Health care, education key to keeping women offenders out of prison

Media Mentions

  • CBC: SPPH’s Steve Morgan says lower deductibles makes older women in B.C. more likely to fill prescriptions
  • CBC: Family Practice’ Robert Woollard shares his qualified support on Ottawa’s proposed tax changes for incorporated practices and calls for a more equitable tax system
  • National Post: SPPH’s Patricia Janssen suggests better health care and education support is needed to keep women from becoming reincarcerated
  • Globe and Mail: Pediatrics’ and SPPH’s Mariana Brussoni finds injury rates for children in Canada have been the lowest in decades

Social Media Highlights

Top Tweet

Exercise is key to limiting the damage done by Alzheimer’s, finds Teresa Liu-Ambrose #WorldAlzheimersDay

Top Facebook Post

UBC President Santa Ono urges Ottawa to improve research funding or risk losing the innovation race.

 

 

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