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Health Organizations

AIRSPACE Action on Smoking and Health
Non-profit health advocacy group. Activism and resources. Dedicated to making the Tobacco Industry a Health Hazard of the Past 17 years of Vital Health Advocacy and Legal Action Our hard-hitting, tenacious work speaks for itself.

Pacific Post Partum Support Society
An estimated 1 out of every 6 women experiences troubling depression or anxiety after the birth or adoption of a child. This is referred to as postpartum depression and can be a tremendously stressful time for the family. The site offers telephone support and support groups for women suffering from depression after giving birth/adopting a child.

Vancouver Endometriosis Support Group
Monthly meetings for women with endometriosis. Endometriosis is a disease that affects more than 500,000 women in Canada. It occurs when the tissue that normally lines the uterus is found in other places where it shouldn't be. This displaced tissue responds to the hormonal cycle the same way as the cells in the uterus by growing and then bleeding. No one knows what causes "endo" but if someone in your family has it, you are more likely to have it too.

VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
The Vancouver General Hospital & University of British Columbia Hospital Foundation (VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation) is a registered charity established to raise funds for the Vancouver Hospital. Over the past 23 years, the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation has raised over $163 million, providing critical support for British Columbia’s leading adult acute care facility.

Alternative Medicine

Acutherapy and Herbal Clinic
Acupunture therapy and herbal remedies. Discusses treatments, conditions and location. Jenny Zhang and Michael Ma were the first batch of 68 officially Registered Acupuncturists historically in the bylaws of the HEALTH PROFESSIONS ACT of British Columbia, Canada, 1999.

Arbutus Acupuncture and Massage Therapy Clinic
A multi-discipline alternative medicine clinic. Provides staff information, newsletters and articles. Their massage, acupuncture and alternative medicine therapy clinic has been located in the Kerrisdale area in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada since 1992. We are a group of individuals (massage therapy, acupuncture, herbalists) who are working together sharing information to better serve our clients

The Institute for the Study and Treatment of Pain
IMS can loosely be described as a highly advanced form of acupuncture, but in reality it is much more complex. IMS involves using acupuncture needles to specifically target injured muscles, which have contracted and become shortened from distress. These shortened muscles cause pain not only in the affected muscle itself, but also from the resulting stress on surrounding tendons and joints. IMS treatment causes the muscle to “grasp” the needle, which in turn forces the shortened muscle to release, providing relief from pain.

JapaneseAcupuncture.ca
The clinic offers information on acupuncture, shiatsu massage. Shares recommendations, FAQs as well as fees and hours of operation. Masamichi Shibata studied acupuncture, shiatsu, and Western massage at Toyoshinkyu College of Oriental Medicine in Japan from 1985 to 1988. While studying full time, he gained practical experience in neuromuscular disorders at a sports clinic in Tokyo. He received his National Western Massage and Shiatsu Licenses in 1987 and his Acupuncture and Moxibustion Licenses in 1988. His clinical experience covers a wide range of neurological and musculo-skeletal disorders as well as treatment success with digestive, emotional and menstrual disorders.

Sourcepoint Shiatsu Centre
Since 1987, Sourcepoint Shiatsu Therapy Centre in Vancouver, Canada has promoted public awareness about the many health benefits of shiatsu and other therapeutic treatments through its busy clinic and popular courses and shiatsu training programs.

The Urban Primrose
THE URBAN PRIMROSE provides a physically strong strictly non-sexual massage. THE URBAN PRIMROSE prides itself in creating a non-rushed, stress free environment for those seeking the best.

Vancouver Naturopathic Clinic
Vancouver Naturopathic Clinic offers the most progressive alternative therapy clinic founded on the principles of traditional and modern naturopathic medicine. Using an in-depth understanding of the complex bodily functions, Vancouver Naturopathic Clinic utilizes an individualized, whole-body system approach to diagnosing and treating disease that compliments most Western medical treatments. Wellness and preventative medicine programs are highly stressed.

Wellspring Clinic for Holistic Medicine
Treatments employing tradition Chinese medicine, acupuncture and herbs. Offers educational programs and classes for practitioners. Treating Retinitis Pigmentosa with Traditional Chinese Medicine.

YWCA Health and Wellness Centre
The YWCA has a core value of taking an integrated approach to the delivery of services. No matter where you are in your health continuum we provide programs and an environment that allow you to reach your potential in whatever area that interests you.

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