New cholesterol skin test raises expert concerns
CBC Vancouver
Test should not replace blood testing, say experts. Drs. John Mancini and Daniel Holmes are quoted.
Should sugar and fat be the new tobacco?
Coast Reporter
There is no question that the anti-tobacco strategy of the past 20 years has been effective. In fact, it has helped reduced the number of smokers from almost half of the Canadian population in the 1960s to 20 per cent or less today. VCH MHO Dr. Paul Martiquet asks: But is this the right strategy for obesity?
Medicare’s front door, primary health care, needs a remodel
Globe and Mail — Opinion
Alberta’s former Health Minister writes that there are many things we should and can change to get better value from the significant resources we dedicate to health care. But one change that would do more than anything else to make health care more sustainable is the transformation of primary health care.
Listen to the nurses
Burnaby Now
In her letter to the editor, BCNU President Debra McPherson says nurses have solution for what ails Burnaby Hospital.