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Cervical cancer and sexuality: effects of a psychoeducational intervention and sildenafil on sexual arousal, relationship satisfaction and quality of life after hysterectomy
More than 25 percent of women who have a radical hysterectomy (surgery to remove the uterus, cervix,…
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Community, culture and health
Dr. Cindy Patton has conducted a series of studies on knowledge transfer from medical experts to clinicians,…
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Contribution of the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway to coxsackievirus-mediated myocarditis
Myocarditis, an inflammatory heart disease caused by the coxsackievirus, can lead to a dilated (enlarged) heart, which…
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Costs, access and equity under income-based Pharmacare
Following the February 2003 First Ministers Health Accord, the Canadian Government created a five-year $16 billion Health…
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Health Research of Vulnerable Urban Populations
Up to half of all Canadians with HIV also have hepatitis C, with co-infection highest among injection…
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Identification of circulating cells with a myogenic potential
Degenerative diseases have an enormous economic and social impact on BC’s aging population. In the long term,…
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Intestinal innate immunity: recognition and response to enteric bacterial pathogens
Bacterial infections of the gastrointestinal tract are very common, particularly among children. These infections cause diarrheal outbreaks…
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Intracellular calcium stores as master regulators of pancreatic beta-cell survival: studies on transplantable human islets and knockout mice
Canada has a growing diabetes epidemic, which costs the Canadian health care system an estimated $13 billion…
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Molecular Basis of Campylobacter jejuni Infection
Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) is the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning worldwide, infecting approximately 300,000 Canadians,…
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Neuroendocrine Regulation of Aggressive Behaviour and Adult Neuroplasticity
Steroid hormones have profound effects on human physiology and behaviour. They are critical for the nervous system…
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Novel statistical methods for inference of associations between traits and SNP haplotypes in the presence of uncertain haplotype phase
A single gene can be solely responsible for certain genetic disorders. For example, only people who carry…
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