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What Families Fighting Flu Wants You To Know
Through education and advocacy work, Families Fighting Flu's goal is to prevent other families from experiencing the devastating effects of flu.
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Sonography Canada Wants You to Feel Safe in the Ultrasound Room
Sonography Canada strives for women to know their rights as a patient, and to educate themselves on the important role sonographers play in patient care.
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How the Right Glucose Meter Helped This Woman Live Her Best Life
Freda Labianca was no stranger to diabetes, but when the busy mom and blogger was diagnosed with it herself 11 years ago, it still came as a shock.
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Is Canada Prepared to Cure Rare Blood Disorders?
The ultimate dream is to find a cure, and now, it may be a possibility for many blood disorder patients. But is Canada prepared to make cures accessible?
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Hundreds of Patients like Hillary Need a Stem Cell Donor
Kelly McKibbin believes everyone deserves a life-saving bone marrow transplant — including her daughter, Hillary. Learn about stem cell donation.
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Stem Cell Therapy Is Saving Lives, But Not Everything Using That Name Is Legitimate
As legitimate stem cell therapy research flourishes, Canadians need to be wary of charlatans with miracle cures; here's how to spot the real thing.
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Fast Forward the Future
BCREGMED teams up with UBC's School of Biomedical Engineering to discuss the advancements in regenerative medicine and stem cell research.
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We Need the Research to Cure Blood Cancers
Breaking medical ground is impossible without years of research to lay the groundwork — research which requires significant funding from programs like LLSC.
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Swab The World: When Friendship Saves Lives
What started as a terrible cancer story became a life-saving project thanks to the unstoppable drive of two friends, Mai Duong and Christiane Rochon.
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My Blood, My Health — A Simple Test Can Put You Ahead of the Game
As Canadians, hockey is in our blood, but on-ice legends Paul Henderson and Kerry Fraser understand all too well that blood also holds clues to our health.