Ongoing Support, Services Benefit Adults With Mental-Health Issues
Adults living with mental-health challenges will continue to have access to low- or no-cost counselling services to help them get well.
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Traditional Medicine Versus Allopathic/Conventional Medicine
Many individuals often find themselves frustrated when discussing the integration of natural medicine into their healthcare with their doctors. This frustration partly arises from the educational focus in Western medical schools, which traditionally emphasize pharmacological treatments over the use of nutritional supplements and botanical remedies.
Can Breast Cancer Come Back?
For many people diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, completing surgery, chemotherapy or radiation brings a sense of relief, and the hope of a fresh start. But for those with the most common subtype, hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HR+/HER2-), the threat of the cancer recurring can hang over them for years to come.
New SFU Study Unveils AI that Designs Medical Drugs – And Tells Scientists How to Make Them
Researchers from Simon Fraser University have unveiled an artificial intelligence framework that could transform drug development and accelerate the discovery of new medicines.
Brain Wiring In Early Childhood Could Hold Key To Flagging Future ADHD Risk, SFU Study Says
A new study by researchers at Simon Fraser University is shedding light on how the brain’s wiring in early childhood lays the foundation for attention skills—a key step toward characterizing healthy developmental patterns that could help identify young children at risk for attention-related challenges like ADHD.
You, Your Health, and Vaccines
We have just come out of a historic global epidemic caused by the COVID-19 virus. The catastrophic impact is tremendous, and thanks to the commitment and contributions of everyone in society, it has come to light.
Healing the Whole Person: Providing Free Cancer Support That Transforms Lives
For nearly three decades, InspireHealth Supportive Cancer Care (www.inspirehealth.ca) has helped patients navigate cancer with strength, dignity, and hope. More than just a service provider, InspireHealth is a lifeline, a trusted partner in cancer care, offering free programs designed to empower patients, enhance their well-being, and improve quality of life.
What Is A Healthy Weight And How Do You Achieve It?
Weight gain has always been an issue for everyone, whether it’s a young college girl or an older adult suffering from knee pain due to obesity; each needs to shed excess fat. Obesity is the leading cause of many health problems.
The Facial Aesthetic Medical Tattoo Program At Eagle Ridge Hospital Is Available Free Of Charge To Patients Recovering From Cancers Of The Face, Neck And Throat.
Malcolm Matheson never imagined going to a hospital for a tattoo.
Enhancing Supports For People With Acquired Brain Injuries
June is Brain Injury Awareness Month—an opportunity to highlight raise awareness of the services available to people with acquired brain injuries, including survivors of the toxic drug crisis.
What’s Your Sweet Tooth Costing You?
If you’re looking to stay healthy, one of the best places to look make changes might surprise you—your mouth.
Men’s Health Month ends but tough conversations must keep going—SFU expert available
Men’s Health Month (June) may be coming to an end, but a leading heart disease researcher at Simon Fraser University is sharing his personal story to keep men’s mental health awareness in the spotlight.
Engaging The South Asian Community In Health Research
People of South Asian descent make up nearly 40 per cent of our Fraser South community, yet are historically underrepresented in health research.
A Retired Nurse Is The First Patient In B.C. To Receive A New Hip With The Aid Of The Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgical System At Burnaby Hospital.
Maureen Coutts spent most of her 44-year nursing career in operating rooms at Vancouver General Hospital, Delta Hospital, Surrey Memorial Hospital and Peace Arch Hospital.
Menopause Isn’t the Problem. It’s the Amplifier.
After 25 years in practice as a Naturopathic Doctor, I observed early on that menopause and perimenopause is not a disease. It is an amplification…