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Winter wellness tips
As the mercury dips, the winter season can bring increased health risks due to cold temperatures, snowfall, flooding, and power outages. To help everyone stay healthy and safe over the season, Island Health is providing some wellness reminders.
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Sitework to get underway for new BC Cancer Centre at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
Preliminary sitework is set to get underway for the new BC Cancer centre at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH). Once complete in 2028, cancer patients living in Central and North Vancouver Island will be able to receive the care they need closer to home.
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Time is neurons: how artificial intelligence is transforming stroke care
Time is precious – and perhaps no more so than when someone suffers a stroke. Indeed, patients can lose millions of valuable nerve cells in the brain, called neurons, every minute they remain untreated.
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