Pamela Fayerman
The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Former Nfld. premier Brian Peckford wages a new political — and personal — battle in B.C.
Peckford asks Ottawa to rule whether B.C. is meeting Canada Health Act requirements → Read More
Lifesaving technology at VGH helps save dad with cystic fibrosis
More than 130 VGH patients have been put on the ECMO technology. → Read More
Surrey hospital to start emergency physician residency program
Like communities across Canada, Surrey is desperate for more emergency doctors. → Read More
Spinal-cord stimulation helping back-pain patients ditch addictive opiates
Popularity of implantable spinal-cord stimulators is surging because they’re a pain-relieving alternative. → Read More
Significant increase in health spending planned for B.C.
B.C. and Quebec are making the biggest investments in health spending among the provinces. → Read More
Proposed B.C. Cancer cannabis trial beset by delays
The B.C. Cancer study is one of numerous cannabis studies being done on a variety of patients and medical conditions. → Read More
Bank pledges $2 million for Indigenous health care at St. Paul's Hospital
The money will be spent on salaries, research and design features in the new hospital → Read More
Vancouver-based TRIUMF says it has produced the 'rarest drug on earth' for cancer treatment
When paired with a cancer-targeting drug and injected into the bloodstream, actinium-225 is potent cancer-killing element. → Read More
TRIUMF says it has produced the 'rarest drug on earth' for cancer treatment
When paired with a cancer-targeting drug and injected into the bloodstream, actinium-225 is potent cancer-killing element. → Read More
Patients and families demand access to $700,000 a year drug for rare disease
The ‘life-changing’ drug costs $118,000 a shot. The health ministry has been reconsidering funding for months. → Read More
Vaccine delayed a bit, but few flu cases being reported yet in B.C.
Manufacturing delays caused a slight postponement but some shipments now here. → Read More
Move away from episiotomies in childbirth is hurting some women, says UBC-led study
A 'reconsideration of the trend away from episiotomies is necessary for some cases, researcher says. → Read More
Delta police first in B.C. to use new tech tool for calls involving mental-health crises
Delta police became the first police force in B.C to use the HealthIM app that's linked to the Surrey hospital's emergency department. → Read More
Often-abused codeine cough syrups to become restricted drugs
Such medications with higher potencies will be reclassified as controlled medications that require special, duplicate prescriptions. → Read More
Hospital foundation has raised 75 per cent of its pledge for new St. Paul's
St. Paul’s Foundation took on a lofty task of raising $225 million for new hospital, and it’s almost reached its goal → Read More
Birth tourism needs to become an election issue, says president of Doctors of B.C.
"We're at a crisis, a tipping point, so it's really important that some higher authority takes this on." — Dr. Kathleen Ross → Read More
Physicians need to do a better job of protecting patient files: B.C. privacy commissioner
A report released by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia found that physicians need to do a better job of protecting patient files. → Read More
The Berlin Patient: Man visits Vancouver to inspire scientists and patients seeking HIV cure
Formerly referred to only as the 'Berlin Patient,' Timothy Ray Brown is the public face of the search for an elusive HIV cure. → Read More
Research, personalized medicine help increase B.C. survival rates from blood cancers
A new report shows five-year survival rates from common types of blood cancers have increased up to 19 percentage points in the past 20 years, more than any other group of cancers. → Read More
Vancouver canine sniffers have the right superbug detection stuff, study finds
The dogs identified C. diff scents on medical equipment and in linen carts, hospital beds, waiting areas, and staff lockers. → Read More