Healthy living: radiation, melanoma, pain tracking, and allergies

by Staff on Jul 18, 2012 at 4:32 pm

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In our healthy living guide, writer Alex Roslin looks at Japanese tests indicating high levels of radiation in some Pacific Ocean seafood, which is prompting concerns from doctors at UBC and SFU. Plus, new ways to track patient pain, support for melanoma survivors, the Bowen Technique, and peanut bans at B.C. Place.

Post-Fukushima, Japan's irradiated fish worry B.C. experts

Pain Squad app helps sick kids track pain as a game

Melanoma survivors rally to Save Your Skin

Patients say Bowen Technique yields results

B.C. Place's peanuts in the shell can prove perilous for allergy sufferers