healthcare

By Shashi Goel The creation of British Columbia’s first new medical school in 50 years received an injection of $4.9 million, Premier David Eby announced Monday. The school, to be established at Simon Fraser University’s Surrey…

By Mandy Moon According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the survival rate of a cardiac arrest victim can decrease by seven per cent for every one minute of delay in defibrillation. That means in 14 and a half minutes, their survival…

Reported by Adam Levi The answer to combatting Canada’s overuse of prescription pills could be as simple as increasing your sense of healthy skepticism, said a health policy expert at a lecture put on by the Langara College Retirees…

Taxes on tobacco in B.C. will go up in April and Langara students will have to continue to go off campus for tobacco products. The increase in tax on tobacco is intended to lower tobacco use in B.C., as well as relieve some of the burden…

You can learn to give a professional massage thanks to the first public post-secondary massage therapy program in B.C., to be offered at Langara. Currently, massage therapy programs are offered only at private institutions in B.C. The…

There is a new Internet source for students who need medical assistance but don’t have the time or ability to see a doctor. Medeo and Studentcare are introducing a new program that allows patients to see a doctor entirely via the web.…