“With the holiday season upon us, as daylight wanes and the temperature drops, we draw indoors to be with friends and family members of all ages to celebrate the precious relationships we hold dear.” Written by Natalie Meixner, president and CEO of the Richmond Hospital Foundation.

NHL superstar Sidney Crosby has money and fame, but he’s been sidelined by mumps — a disease that most British Columbians don’t need to fear. With quotes from Dr. Mark Lysyshyn, a medical health officer with VCH.

Dr. Julio Montaner of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS at St. Paul’s Hospital discusses the successful treatment strategies adopted by the centre.

A new Canadian study suggests some men are likely to die needlessly because of expert reports that discouraged use of a common test for prostate cancer, says a leading urologist, adding fuel to a heated debate around mass cancer screening. With quotes from Dr. Larry Goldenberg of VGH.

The B.C. hospital that houses people deemed unfit to stand trial or not criminally responsible because of mental illness has been fined $75,000 by the province’s worker-safety authority for three incidents. With quotes from Anna Marie D’Angelo, a spokesperson for VCH.

Days after a doctor was savagely attacked in a Penticton psychiatric unit — raising concerns of systemic safety issues in Interior Health facilities — a nurse was violently assaulted in a Kamloops mental health facility with a history of violence.

Moments after a psychiatrist was severely beaten in a Penticton Regional Hospital interview room, the 30-year-old patient accused of the crime casually walked to the psych unit pool table and picked up a cue.

WorkSafeBC accepted 879 claims from workers in the health and social services sectors who were injured on the job last year after physical assaults by patients, clients and others.

Victoria-based physician Bill Cavers has practised family medicine for more than 30 years, and recalls only one incident when he felt seriously threatened. With quotes from Rhonda Bennett, a nurse at VGH.

New mental health services will be part of a re-imagined government plan for the old Riverview mental hospital next year, says B.C.’s housing minister. With a quote from Dr. Michael Krausz, the UBC-Providence leadership chair for addiction research.