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July

Daily media digest July 18, 2017

First Canada Food Guide overhaul in a decade sees shift away from meat and dairy CityNews “The group claims Health Canada is ignoring important scientific evidence. … The draft guide also indicates a shift away […]

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July

Daily media digest July 17, 2017

Vancouver activists remember Tracey Morrison as a woman who refused to accept the status quo Straight.com “All levels of government, all non-profits, health authorities like VCH [Vancouver Coastal Health] and First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), […]

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July

Daily media digest July 14, 2017

FDA OKs new Johnson & Johnson treatment for psoriasis National Post “This photo provided by Janssen Biotech, Inc. shows the drug Tremfya. On Thursday, July 13, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration approved the …” […]

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Media Digest

Daily media digest July 13, 2017

Hamilton Health Sciences recognizes longtime volunteer Betty Schmelzle TheSpec.com “If you have purchased a baby sweater or booties from the gift shop at one of the Hamilton Health Sciences hospitals in the last 20 years […]

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Media Digest

Daily media digest July 12, 2017

Connected clinical trial company monARC launches first trial, with a ResearchKit app on the way MobiHealthNews “With all the recent technological approaches to clinical trials as of late, it’s clear that the notoriously long, expensive […]

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Media Digest

Daily media digest July 11, 2017

User fees can’t fix complex issue of emergency room wait times The Globe and Mail “Paul Taylor is a Patient Navigation Advisor at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He is a former health editor of The […]

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Media Digest

Daily media digest July 10, 2017

Industry Veteran Mr. Steve Gannon Joins enGene’s Board of Directors Canada NewsWire (press release) “MONTREAL, July 10, 2017 /CNW/ – enGene Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the development of a proprietary oral gene therapy […]

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Media Digest

Daily media digest July 7, 2017

Canada can fill the research gap Policy Options (registration) “Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan initiated a review of the country’s research system by an advisory panel of experts that consulted with researchers …” TAGS: Health […]

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Daily media digest July 6, 2017

Researchers Pinpoint Roles of a Key Gene in the Regulation of Our Immune System Scicasts (press release) (blog) “Montreal, QC, Canada (Scicasts) — Scientists from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) […]

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Daily media digest July 5, 2017

North York’s Humber River Hospital building ‘Command Centre’ insideTORONTO.com ““This is the first command centre of its type in Canada,” John Flannery, president and CEO of GE Healthcare, said in a release. “Using real-time data […]