Due to a high level of bacteria in the water at the Sunset and Second Beaches in Vancouver’s West End, the Vancouver Coastal Health authority has issued a swimming advisory.

According to a VCH report, contamination levels at two Vancouver beaches have reached unsafe levels for swimming or wading.

A former-VGH nurse is the center of a potentially precedent-setting right-to-die case.

B.C.’s reaction to a case study could determine how new drugs are approved for Pharmacare coverage. With quotes from Dr. Lynn Stothers, an urologist.

A former national music buyer has donated 4,000 CDs to a music therapy program at VGH. With quotes from Gemma Isaac, a music therapist at VCH’s Burn Plastic Trauma Unit.

There is no quick food or exercise fix for ailments. Written by Dr. Paul Martiquet, a medical health officer for VCH.

A St. Paul’s Hospital anorexia patient says she experienced inappropriate treatment. With quotes from Dr. Julia Raudzus, medical director of B.C.’s adult tertiary eating disorder program at St. Paul’s Hospital.

Researchers doing in the first national study of the controversial “liberation treatment” for multiple sclerosis won’t reach final conclusions about its safety and effectiveness until 2016. With quotes from Dr. Anthony Traboulsee, medical director of the UBC Hospital MS Clinic.

Residents across B.C. are being asked to join a class action lawsuit against BC Hydro that would deliver a permanent opt-out from the controversial smart meter program. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical officer for VCH.

B.C. doctors are worried that the treatment of an anorexia patient will deter others from seeking help. With quotes from Dr. Julia Raudzus, medical director of B.C.’s adult tertiary eating disorder program at St. Paul’s Hospital.