Year: 2018

Health services streamlined, revamped for Downtown Eastside residents Vancouver Courier “Vancouver Coastal Health announced Jan. 22 that it has revamped services offered, and how care is delivered, at three Downtown Eastside clinics located on Heatley […]

U of T prof’s startup takes cancer therapy to clinical trials Varsity “Pionyr Immunotherapeutics, which is now planning to take its anti-cancer therapy to clinical trials, initially began as a research collaboration between Sidhu and […]

Putting new tools in the hands of leading Canadian scientists and researchers Canada NewsWire (press release) “With the right kind of investment, scientists will be able to develop groundbreaking projects that lead to astounding results—for […]

Why a surgeon’s leadership style can be as important as his scalpel skills The Globe and Mail “”After all, leadership by nurses, anesthesiologists and surgeons alike is so critical in high-stakes environments like the operating […]

University of Saskatchewan looking for breast cancer survivors for study Globalnews.ca ““In a recent survey of Saskatchewan women, over 75 per cent reported at least one type of shoulder problem after treatment.” Researchers said there […]

Obituary: Jacques Genest was a pioneering cardiologist Montreal Gazette “A cardiologist who was a pillar of the clinical research community at McGill and Université de Montréal has died at the age of 98.” TAGS: Jacques […]

Acknowledgment, reconciliation and reckoning: are we experiencing an ‘Indigenous moment’? TheSpec.com “She hopes to develop a policy on Indigenous medicines, which was the focus recently at the first national Indigenous Health Practice and Research Conference […]

Canadian researchers’ innovative work promises to make vaccines more effective against … McGill University Health Center “The antibiotics era is approaching its end; we are in serious trouble with this bug if we don’t investigate […]