Faculty of Medicine
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What parents need to know about school vaccinations
UBC experts share insights and tips to help school-aged kids ace their immunizations.
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Autism is not a scare story
What parents need to know about medications in pregnancy, genetic risk and misleading headlines.
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Seventy-year-old Parkinson’s drug shows promise against tuberculosis
New UBC study reveals benztropine’s potential to treat the world’s deadliest infectious disease and combat growing antibiotic resistance.
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MS may begin far earlier than previously thought
UBC researchers find that people with MS increased their healthcare usage up to 15 years before classic symptoms appeared—offering new opportunities for earlier detection and intervention.
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Extreme heat and wildfire smoke is a risky combination, new study finds
The risk of death spikes when people are exposed to both elevated levels of fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke and temperatures above 26 C, new UBC research has found.
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When is period pain not normal? New website helps young people navigate when to seek care
UBC team worked with youth to create a website that tackles stigma, shares evidence-based info and offers a self-assessment quiz.
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A digestive ‘treasure chest’ shows promise for targeted drug treatment in the gut
A new approach to drug design can deliver medicine directly to the gut in mice at significantly lower doses than current inflammatory bowel disease treatments.
