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Live better, Sleep longer: An insight to the effects of sleep deprivation

By Kenzie MacDonald,   Based on reports from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), the National Institute of Health recommends that adults over the age of 18 get 7-8 hours of sleep a night in order to feel refreshed.1 Although we may be aware or these recommendations, it has been reported that nearly one-third [...]

By |2017-09-07T19:05:31+00:00September 7th, 2017|Article|Comments Off on Live better, Sleep longer: An insight to the effects of sleep deprivation

How Do Performance Enhancing Drugs Affect Cardiovascular Health

By Aliza Hirsch,   Exercise has the power to confer extensive health benefits. However, at extreme levels, there are those athletes and competitors who are willing to sacrifice their wellbeing for the sake of improved performance. Despite the recent stricter enforcement of drug testing and punishment for drug use amongst competitive athletes, the use of [...]

By |2017-08-18T17:54:23+00:00August 18th, 2017|Article|Comments Off on How Do Performance Enhancing Drugs Affect Cardiovascular Health

Orthorexia Nervosa: Classification

By Johanna Fee, Orthorexia nervosa is an eating behavior. It is an obsession of eating only foods deemed ‘biologically pure’ or ‘healthy’. It includes severe limitation of diet, coupled with obsessive thoughts about food consumption, and can lead to social isolation. [1] This issue may be augmented by current trends in health and diet such [...]

By |2017-07-06T17:18:21+00:00July 6th, 2017|Article, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Orthorexia Nervosa: Classification

SportsCardiologyBC Physician Engagement Initiative!

Spearheaded by Medical Lead Dr. Saul Isserow, SportsCardiologyBC built a successful proposal to undertake a physician engagement initiative at UBC Hospital aimed at improving collaboration between physicians from the spread out Vancouver sites of UBC, St. Paul's, Women and Children's, VGH and GF Strong. The program will include 'spin' cycling classes twice/week within the SCBC's [...]

By |2017-06-20T23:57:31+00:00June 20th, 2017|News|Comments Off on SportsCardiologyBC Physician Engagement Initiative!

The Paradox of the Morning Run: The influence of Circadian Rhythm on Cardiovascular Health and Exercise

By Aliza Hirsch,   Biological processes that follow a 24-hour cycle are defined as circadian [1] . Specifically in relation to cardiovascular health, previous research has reported a pattern between greater incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD), which is unexpected death due to loss of heart function, myocardial infarction (MI), also known as a heart [...]

By |2020-07-03T22:06:50+00:00June 19th, 2017|Article|Comments Off on The Paradox of the Morning Run: The influence of Circadian Rhythm on Cardiovascular Health and Exercise

Cardiovascular Disease and Mental Health

By Kenzie MacDonald,   According to Dr. Hans Selye, the ‘Father’ of stress research, stress is a nonspecific reaction of the body to any demand upon it1. Stress can be a positive or beneficial response that facilitates adaptation and stimulates development2. Positive stress is often perceived to be within our coping abilities, short-lived, stimulates motivation [...]

By |2017-05-04T18:28:50+00:00May 4th, 2017|Article|Comments Off on Cardiovascular Disease and Mental Health

New SCBC Research – “Time of Day Study” – NOW RECRUITING!!

There is no disputing the tremendous benefits of exercise, however is there a safest time of day to exercise? As seen in publicly reported events such as marathons and professional sports, there is paradoxically a slight increased risk of myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death (SCD) during vigorous activity. Biological processes in living organisms that [...]

By |2017-04-18T21:07:01+00:00April 18th, 2017|News|Comments Off on New SCBC Research – “Time of Day Study” – NOW RECRUITING!!

Cardiovascular System 101

By Andrew Golin,   Simply put, the cardiovascular system is a set of connected tubes with varying sizes that circulate blood around the body. Physiological systems can be classified as open or closed. Systems where substances can easily enter or exit, such as the digestive tract, are referred to as open. Conversely, blood is unable [...]

By |2017-04-06T21:08:09+00:00April 6th, 2017|Article|Comments Off on Cardiovascular System 101

Oh Cholesterol, what do you do?

By Andrew Golin,   The terms “good cholesterol” and “bad cholesterol” are used repeatedly to describe high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and low-density lipoproteins (LDL) respectively. But what are HDL or LDL? What actually is cholesterol and why do we need it? In order to understand what HDL and LDL are and why they are regarded as [...]

By |2017-03-16T18:01:40+00:00March 16th, 2017|Article|Comments Off on Oh Cholesterol, what do you do?

Where are the Women? The Gap in Cardiovascular Disease Research

By Kenzie MacDonald Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in women, currently accounting for approximately one-third of deaths in women globally1. Since 1984, the annual CVD mortality rate in women has exceeded that of men, highlighting the particularly lethal nature of CVD in women2. Despite unanimous support of these facts, in many [...]

By |2017-03-09T18:42:08+00:00March 9th, 2017|Article|Comments Off on Where are the Women? The Gap in Cardiovascular Disease Research
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