Year: 2019

London researchers use tobacco plants to improve (yes, improve) human health The London Free Press “London-based researchers with Western University and the Lawson Health Research Institute are leveraging tobacco plants as “green bioreactors” …” TAGS: […]

Ontario clinic treating depression with ketamine CTV News “Frustrated that many of his patients weren’t being helped by existing antidepressant medications, psychiatrist Dr. Roger McIntyre opened his Mississauga clinic six months ago.” TAGS: depression, mental […]

How long does cannabis stay in your system? Globalnews.ca “… is a “very efficient way to get the drug into your bloodstream,” said Dr. Robert Mann, a senior scientist at the Centre for Addiction and […]

Women more likely to experience stroke, complications and early death after aortic surgery CTV News “Dr. Michael Chu, a scientist at the Lawson Research Institute, speaks in … who had undergone major aortic surgery at […]

U of S researchers design radioactive antibody which assassinates colorectal cancer cells Globalnews.ca “University of Saskatchewan researchers have created assassin antibody which cling to colorectal cancer cells and destroy them.” TAGS: cancer, treatment, antibodies   […]

Pacemaker for the brain: An inside look at an experimental PTSD treatment The Globe and Mail “Earlier this month, surgeons at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre implanted a pacemaker-like device in their first PTSD patient, launching […]

New clinical trial in London addresses depression in patients with bipolar disorder Globalnews.ca “Local researchers hope magnetic seizure therapy will bring hope to … a researcher with Lawson Health Research Institute and a neuropsychiatrist at […]

‘Double-edged sword:’ Teens’ long-term cannabis use tied to higher depression risk CBC.ca “… chief of the Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He’s an expert on treatment-resistant depression and …” TAGS: […]