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Early delivery (delivery before spontaneous labour by induced labour or caesarean birth) is often considered for high-risk pregnancies to prevent stillbirths and protect the mother from developing pregnancy complications. However,…
…balance, little is known about what types of exercises are most effective. Teresa Liu-Ambrose is examining which exercise program works best for women who are at risk for falls: exercises…
…coping behaviours on rates and extent of physical and mental recovery from spinal injury. Through face-to-face and telephone interviews, Sharon is investigating the relationship between stress, coping strategies and social…
…muscle fatigue. Given the life-sustaining role of the respiratory muscles, it is important to understand the mechanisms of fatigue, how it is best detected, and how the human body responds…
…all the families and children to collect information on environmental factors such as family history, number of children, parental occupations, daycare, pets, dust samples, infections, hospitalizations and medication usage. After…
…is gathering data from three countries: Canada (British Columbia and Quebec), the US, and France. She aims to identify best practices in regulation of drug promotion, and to understand how…
…that are chemical (e.g. drugs or cleaning agents), biological (e.g. bacteria or viruses) and physical (e.g. noise or radiation) in nature. Dr. George Astrakianakis focuses on understanding the many factors…
…deterioration before death. This study will introduce an explicit, evidence-based approach to priority setting, known as program budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA), for this important population at Interior Health. This…
…to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of British Columbia’s, and Canada’s, health care system. By understanding how policy-makers’ decisions are impacting the health care residents receive, Canada’s health system…
…to the constant threat of the emergence of a pandemic strain. Keywords: HIV, vaccine, neutralizing antibody, immunogen design, vaccine immunology, B cell epitope, adjuvant, glycoprotein, T cell epitope, animal model…