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Early-career researchers call for more science in environmental decisions
Scientists from across Canada — including the University of Calgary, University of Lethbridge and University of Alberta — have signed the letter. […]
Year: 2016
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Thinking outside the lab to help us all live longer
Last year, the research budget of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) was $973 million. Less than eight per cent of that budget – $81.9 … […]
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Chemotherapy treatment decision-making experiences of older adults with cancer, their family members, oncologists and family physicians: a mixed methods study. …
Although comorbidities, frailty, and functional impairment are common in older adults (OA) with cancer, little is known about how these factors are considered during the treatment decision-making process by OAs. University Health Network, Toronto, ON, … […]
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Federal government has ‘made good’ on promise to unmuzzle scientists
“Our first act as government was to reinstate the long-form census because we need the evidence,” Science Minister Kirsty Duncan said in an … […]
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Health minister Jane Philpott brought to tears over father’s dementia
An emotional Health Minister Jane Philpott, brought to tears by her own father’s experience with dementia, suggested Tuesday that the Liberal government plans to support a national strategy to tackle the widespread disease. […]
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UC San Francisco and GE Healthcare Launch Deep Learning Partnership to Advance Care Globally
SAN FRANCISCO–(Business Wire)–UC San Francisco’s Center for Digital Health Innovation and GE Healthcare today announced a partnership to … […]
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BC reduces antibiotic use, but still more to be done
Vancouver – The rate of antibiotic prescribing in British Columbia fell 15 … The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) plans, manages and … […]
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Global Anti Obesity Drugs Market 2016- Pfizer, Merck, Roche, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca …
Global Anti Obesity Drugs Market 2016- Pfizer, Merck, Roche, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novo Nordisk, Eisai. […]
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NPs want more funding
Of that figure, nurse practitioner-led clinics, community health centres, family health teams and aboriginal health access centres received $22.2 million … […]
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Healing words
Called Indigenous Health, it also offers cultural and spiritual care as well as cultural sensitivity training for staff while also focusing on hiring more … […]