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Vancouver SunThis Vancouver compassion club was saving lives. Then things got political
Trevor Goodyear: “The consequences of not supporting programs such as DULF and other safe supply programs can be deadly.”
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CBC The Current
IV vitamin therapy a ‘case of marketing, not science,’ says UBC nursing prof
Is there any evidence supporting IV drips? Dr. Bernie Garrett says they are nothing more than a “health scam.”
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The Tyee
Nurses Condemn the Arrests of Safe Supply Providers
"With upwards of 6 people now dying of overdose each day in BC, the consequences of cracking down on compassion clubs and safe supply are deadly," says Trevor Goodyear and colleagues in this Op-Ed.
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The Tyee
The Potentially High Risks of Alternative Health Care
A new article in the Tyee reports Dr. Bernie Garrett's research on risky alternative healthcare. "Yep, the reality is probably worse than we thought…"
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UBC News
People who use alternative medicine...
...favour risk and novelty, and distrust science.“Many alternative health-care therapies are harmless, but few can result in physical injuries or death," says Dr. Bernie Garrett.
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CBC
Nurse says she won't rest...
...until Indigenous patients 'actually feel safe' seeking health care. Tania Dick, Indigenous Nursing Lead, spoke to the CBC about racism in healthcare.
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UBC News
New Action Guide Empowers People with Dementia
"Research shows being engaged in community is one of the biggest factors in slowing the condition’s progression." UBC News sat down with one of the principal investigators on the study, Dr. Alison Phinney and Mr. Jim Mann, an action group member, to talk about how the action guide can empower people with dementia to reclaim their lives as full social citizens.
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Canada India Education Society
Meet Pushpinder Kaur: trained in rural Punjab, now nursing in Canada
Pushpindar was a student of the Guru Nanak College of Nursing, a collaboration with Canada India Education Society (CIES), a team of nursing professors at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar. The collaboration, spearheaded by Barj (Barjinder) S. Dhahan, son of Mr. Budh Singh Dhahan, established a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) degree at the school – the first of its kind in rural Punjab.
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UBC News
Exercise apps a good prescription to boost healthcare workers’ mental health
Adjunct professor Agnes Black releases new research to improve mental health in healthcare workers. The article also appears in ANI