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Daily Media Digest May 17, 2018

12 BC health professionals to use clinical expertise to answer burning research questions MSFHR “Twelve exceptional BC health professionals have been funded in MSFHR’s second Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) competition. Each will receive funding to support […]

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Daily Media Digest May 16, 2018

‘Anything is better than what we have now’: Sask. struggling to attract more geriatricians Saskatoon StarPhoenix “Saskatchewan has the lowest proportion of geriatricians per 100,000 …. of medicine for the University of Saskatchewan’s College of […]

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Daily Media Digest May 14, 2018

‘Greatest gift for Mother’s Day’: Boy bounces back after receiving kidney from mom CTV News “Before going under the knife at Toronto’s SickKids Hospital, Charlie’s sense of taste was severely hampered–even water tasted funny–but the […]

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Daily Media Digest May 11, 2018

Lynparza® (olaparib) Receives New Indication for BRCA-Mutated Metastatic Breast Cancer Canada NewsWire (press release) “MISSISSAUGA, May 10, 2018 /CNW/ – AstraZeneca today announced that Health Canada has approved Lynparza® (olaparib) tablets, as a monotherapy for […]

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Daily Media Digest May 9, 2018

Film scholar Andre Gaudreault, scientist Walter Herzog among winners of $100000 Killam Prize The Globe and Mail “Janet Werker of the University of British Columbia rounds out the list of honourees with her research examining […]

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Daily Media Digest May 8, 2018

Think you’ve got a tough job? Try being a nurse CBC.ca “Jennifer Reed, a scientist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and colleagues just published a study in the International Journal of Nursing .” […]

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Daily Media Digest May 7, 2018

Push for diversity, cooperation in the research community goes beyond ‘business as usual,’ say … Hill Times “However, despite the widespread celebration, both Universities Canada and HealthCareCAN say there is still more work to do […]

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Daily Media Digest May 4, 2018

Breast cancer: discovery of a protein linked to metastasis IRCM “Montreal, May 2, 2018. Jean-François Côté, a researcher at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) and professor at Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Medicine, studies […]

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Daily Media Digest May 3, 2018

Dr. Howard Chertkow appointed as the new Chair in Cognitive Neurology and Innovation at Baycrest’s Rotman … Canada NewsWire (press release) “Dr. Howard Chertkow appointed as the new Chair in Cognitive Neurology and Innovation at […]

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Daily Media Digest May 2, 2018

New research shows indigenous eye health ‘sadly neglected’ across the world Mirage News “While the World Health Organization has identified the “Right to Sight” through its Vision 2020 initiative, little is known about the burden […]