Health

Vaping has become increasingly popular, with one in five Canadian young adults now reporting that they vape. Vaping involves inhaling and exhaling vapour produced by electronic devices like e-cigarettes, e-hookas and vape pens. While often marketed as a safer alternative to tobacco smoking, vaping is not without its risks. Here are three important things to know about the impact that it has on oral health.

A Simon Fraser University new study is challenging a commonly held misconception that there’s little organizations can do to encourage employees to disclose mental health concerns. 

Did you know that 96 per cent of Canadian adults have had one or more cavities and that cavities are the most common non-communicable disease in adults and children worldwide? As Oral Health Month draws to a close, a new report by Fraser Health’s chief medical health officer utilizes public health data to raise awareness of the effects of oral health on the lives of people in the Fraser Health region.

As more cancer treatments are now being delivered faster in the province, BC Cancer will be ending its temporary program that was sending some patients to the U.S. for radiation therapy.

Amid all the noise about tariffs and President Trump, Canadians face other longstanding problems that require swift attention. For example, according to the latest wait times data, British Columbians last year endured the longest wait for non-emergency care ever recorded in the province.

A new $3.3-million mobile magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit has arrived at Surrey Memorial Hospital, ensuring patients have uninterrupted access to vital diagnostic services while work continues on two new advanced MRI scanners for the imaging department.