Dr. Taunton Inducted to Richmond Sports Wall of Fame
The team at SportsCardiologyBC is incredibly excited to announce that Dr. Jack Taunton has been inducted in to the Richmond Sports Wall of Fame. He is incredibly deserving of this high achievement. We are very proud [...]
SCBC Research – MASS
Our newest article titled "Assessment of cardiovascular risk and preparticipation screening protocols in master athletes: the Master Athlete Screening Study (MASS): a cross-sectional study" has been published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine! [...]
SCBC Research – “HRE Study”- NOW RECRUITING!
In healthy individuals, systolic blood pressure (BP) increases in a stepwise manner with increasing exercise intensity. The increased systolic BP during exercise is largely due to increased cardiac output, which is generated to meet the [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Death of Alan Thicke raises questions about health risks for older hockey players (interview with Dr. Isserow)
WATCH: The news that Alan Thicke died while playing hockey with his son has raised questions about older men playing intense sports. Linda Aylesworth reports on what can be done to reduce the risk. The [...]