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The contribution of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) to impaired control of brain blood flow in Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a major crisis and a huge burden on healthcare system. It causes a decrease…
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Bridging the gap: screening for fontan associated liver disease (FALD)
One in 3,000 children is born with one, instead of two, heart pumps, and as a result…
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Clinical impact of 24/7 on-site staff radiologist coverage at a level 1 trauma center in British Columbia
Background: Between 2019 and 2020, the total number of emergency department visits in BC was 1,640,067. On…
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FIRE-Diet: food as an intervention to reduce effects of woodsmoke exposure on respiratory health
Many people in BC are exposed to woodsmoke from woodburning stoves in their homes, controlled burning for…
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Re-purposing the ordering of ‘routine’ laboratory tests in hospitalized medical patients (RePORT)
Blood tests can help diagnose diseases and monitor health status. However, overuse of blood testing, particularly in…
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Tumour tissue biomarkers to guide personalized lung cancer treatment in British Columbia
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common cause of cancer death in BC and worldwide.…
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Evaluating a virtual care platform (REACHOUT) that delivers peer-led mental health support to adults with type 1 diabetes in rural and remote communities in British Columbia
Mental health is often overlooked in diabetes care. In fact, BC’s provincial health plan does not cover…
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Economic evaluation of the use of expanded criteria donor kidneys pre-emptively to improve the critical organ shortage
Kidney transplantation can be life saving for people with end-stage kidney disease at a lower cost than…
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Exploring the experiences of racialized learners to understand and dismantle racist structures in our healthcare system
Racism is experienced by learners, professionals, and patients in our healthcare system and contributes to well-documented health…
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Perioperative stroke screening and outcomes in high-risk surgical patients
Up to two percent of patients will experience a stroke during or after surgery and these patients…
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The DISCO study: Rethinking STI prevention
Syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea are three of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STI). Over the last…
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