Vancouver Island Health Authority - Central

Name :

Vancouver Island Health Authority - Central

Address  :

201 - 6551 Aulds Road

Town  :

Nanaimo

State  :

British Columbia

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

V9T 6K2

Phone  :

250 740 6999

Fax  :

250 390 7421

Web URL  :

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Experimental Bariatric Surgery Controls Blood Sugar in Rodents With Diabetes Via Novel Sensing Signa

A team led by Dr Tony Lam and Dr Danna Breen a post doctoral fellow in the lab of Dr Lam used a rat model to study novel nutrientsensing signals in the jejunum located in the middle of the intestine Dr Lam and his team demonstrate that duodenaljejunal bypass surgery activates novel nutrientsensing signals in the jejunum and rapidly lowers blood sug... Read More

Peripheral Vascular Disease

Limb Saving Treatment Times Two Good Samaritan Hospital patients now have alternatives to the treatment of a painful condition known as peripheral vascular disease PVD This condition refers to the diseases of the blood vessels outside of the heart This involves the narrowing of the vessels that carry blood into the legs arms stomach kidneys and br... Read More