One of the first duties of the newly elected Vancouver School Board could be to deal with a lawsuit from parents over the board’s sexual orientation and gender identities policy passed in June. With quotes from Tash Wolfe who works for the transgender health information program at VCH.

Patricia Verrier was lucky enough to be referred to Dr. Ted Steiner, a Vancouver General Hospital infectious-disease physician who is participating in a national clinical trial of fecal transplants.

Use of a popular smoking cessation and depression medication led to 64 hospitalizations — including 22 cases admitted to critical care — last year in B.C., according to the province’s Drug and Poison Information Centre. With quotes from Dr. Roy Purssell, an Emergency Department physician at VGH.

B.C.’s new colon cancer screening program may be saving lives, but it’s also badly lagging in wait times and hampered by a lack of basic information, according to government data. With VCH statistics on wait times for those being screened for colon cancer.

The interim board of the Portland Hotel Society, a non-profit group whose managers stepped down earlier this year as its finances were under review by VCH and BC Housing, has sold a landmark building in the group’s portfolio for $2.3-million.

Richmond Hospital is fortunate to have an Integrated Hospice and Palliative Care program. Dr. Alec Alexiadis is the medical director and joined the team two years ago.

In March, the Vancouver Police Department partnered with Vancouver Coastal Health to form the Assertive Outreach Team and the team’s clients have had significantly less police interactions.

Demand for nasal spray vaccine is high this year. With quotes from Dr. Meena Dawar, Medical Health Officer at VCH.

The flu season is off to an early start, and so is the rush to Vancouver-area pharmacies and clinics for the vaccine. With quotes from Dr. Meena Dawar, Medical Health Officer at VCH.

The professional future of Kamloops dentist Dr. Bobby Rishiraj hangs in the balance due to allegations of inappropriate use of anesthesia, which may have caused a patient’s brain to be permanently damaged. With mention of Dr. Martin Braverman, who teaches courses on dental anesthesia at VGH and UBC.