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May 26, 2014: Study shows increased contact with health care providers may be key to improving outcomes for type 2 diabetes patients

A recent 18-month study conducted by Copeman Healthcare revealed that increased regular contact between patients and health care providers is enabling them to achieve higher "treat to target" rates for type 2 diabetes than the national average … Read News Release

May 8, 2014: Lessons our mothers would have taught us…had they known

Not only is Mother's Day a time to give flowers and appreciation, it presents an opportunity to think about the important lessons recently learned in women's health that could be passed on from mothers to daughters for generations to come … Read News Release

April 16, 2014: Shriners free Care Cruiser program challenged by rising fuel costs

A single mom at 19 with a baby with Down's syndrome who had just undergone cardiac surgery, Kristal Tremblay had no idea how she would get home from the hospital let alone afford six trips a year from Enderby to Vancouver for her son's treatment. The Shriners Care Cruiser program came to the rescue six years ago and she and her son, Tucker, are now a living testament to the importance of donor support for a program potentially at risk due to rising fuel costs … Read News Release

April 7, 2014: Shriners Care Cruisers provide lifesaving transport to Vancouver chemo treatment for leukemia patient and his family

When Anne Bombardier's son was diagnosed with leukemia after her husband retired, she faced the question of how to manage frequent trips to Vancouver for chemotherapy treatment on a diminished income and with a car that wasn't in peak driving condition. The answer was the Shriners Care Cruiser program … Read News Release

April 3, 2014: Shriners Care Cruisers help drive hockey dreams for Penticton boy with vacterl syndrome

The Shriners Care Cruiser buses have been as big a part of 12-year-old Brandon Drury's life as his love for hockey, and served to help fulfill his dreams of taking to the ice … Read News Release

April 2, 2014: Okanagan youth with cerebral palsy gets rare chance to travel on easy street when Vancouver-bound for treatment

For 18-year-old Niko Maloff who has cerebral palsy, one of the few things in his life that is actually easy is the drive from Westbank to Vancouver for medical treatments and services. That ease is thanks to the Shriners Care Cruiser program whose buses are specially designed to transport children and youths with disabilities to Vancouver health care facilities from locations throughout BC … Read News Release