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» Faculty of Medicine » Home » 2018 » February » 22 » FoM Medicine This Week | Feb 12 – 16, 2018

FoM Medicine This Week | Feb 12 – 16, 2018

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

  • Study finds that Canadians giving up food, heat to pay for prescription drugs
  • Risk of fatal traffic crash higher during 4/20 cannabis celebration
  • Alison Hoens receives the Enid Graham Memorial Lecture Award

Media Mentions

  • Reuters:  Medicine’s John Staples’ research finds drivers more likely to be in a fatal traffic crash during the annual April 20th cannabis celebration.  Similar articles appeared in NY Times, U.S. News, Bloomberg, Daily Mail, CNBC, CTV News, CBC News, News 1130, The Daily Courier, Castanet, Business Insider, TIME,  Newsweek, Fox News, The Independent, CBC News, LA Times, Tech Times, Gizmodo, VICE, Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun, Times Colonist, BBC, Xinhua, ABC, CBS, International Business Times, Washington Times, Pacific Standard, Global, Vancouver Courier, and Richmond News
  • National Geographic: Medicine’s Christopher Carlsten quoted in a story about emissions research by German car companies
  • Edmonton Journal: SPPH’s Ruth Elwood Martin says the decision to continue an inmate on medications prescribed by their community doctors is not straightforward.  A similar article appeared in Calgary Herald.
  • CTV: SPPH’s Michael Law finds Canadians are cutting back on everyday necessities in order to pay for prescription drugs.   Similar articles appeared in Global News, Toronto Star, National Post, Castanet, CBC, Vancouver Sun, The Province, Times Colonist, Roundhouse Radio,  Indo-Canadian Voice, CP 24, iPolitics, Kelowna Now and The Guardian.
  • CBC: SPPH’s Paul Kershaw interviewed for a story about the personal costs of child care in B.C.

Social Media Highlights

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Michael Law leads a study that finds Canadians reduced their spending costs on basic necessities like food and heat to pay for prescription drugs.

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Darcy Good is studying medicine at UBC to change stigmas around mental health in Indigenous communities.

 

 

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