Life

VANCOUVER — University of B.C. scientists appear to be one step closer to reversing diabetes using stem cell therapy.

VANCOUVER — Janice Pang was in Grade 8 when she designed an experiment exposing ravenous immune cells — called macrophages, for the uninitiated — to bacterial components to test their appetite.

On March 10, Evgeny Minenberg was laid to rest at the Vancouver Island Jewish Cemetery in Victoria. I learned about his passing via an email and even though I didn’t know him well, I felt, for some reason, that it was important for me to attend.

Dear Eric: I have a recipe request for an onion soup made with champagne. I made this for my husband many years ago and have since lost the recipe. I recall it called for a full bottle of champagne.

If asked where most hernias are found, most people will reply that a hernia is a mass that occurs in the lower abdomen. But most are unaware there’s another location for the common hernia.

As war raged in Sudan, thousands streamed across the border into neighbouring South Sudan. The refugees faced hunger, disease and the loss of everything they owned. Then help arrived in an unexpected form: veterinarians.

Dear Dr. Roach: I hear music playing in my head at all times. I can’t stop it, even if I’m reading, having a conversation or being active. It’s there when I wake up in the night or in the morning.

Dear Dr. Roach: I just read your comment about washing hands after using the restroom. I have a question about this that maybe you could comment on.

TORONTO — In Nigel Barker’s profiles of models that helped shape the fashion industry, a cluster of Canadians make the cut — and Coco Rocha ranks high on the photographer’s list.

A Vancouver-based anti-aging company is betting that the fountain of youth flows with antifreeze produced by an Antarctic fish.