April

Daily Media Digest April 19, 2022

Energy-burning brown fat less active in boys with obesity – Brighter World Brighter World – McMaster University “A study at McMaster University has found that brown adipose tissue (BAT) is less active in boys with […]

April

Daily Media Digest April 14, 2022

Routine screening may help identify patients with cancer at high-risk for self-injury, new study finds Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre “Routine screening with patient-reported outcomes may be used to identify patients with cancer who are at […]

April

Daily Media Digest April 13, 2022

COVID-19 household transmission is high, with children being a significant source of spread: study CHEO “Maala Bhatt, pediatric emergency physician and Director of Emergency Medicine Research at CHEO and an Investigator at the CHEO Research Institute. […]

April

Daily Media Digest April 12, 2022

COVID-19 linked to changes in the brain Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute “Imaging taken before and after the start of the pandemic shows brain changes likely from virus-related loss of smell and inflammation.” TAGS: COVID-19, […]

April

Daily Media Digest April 11, 2022

The Power of Knowing: Diagnostics for People Living with Diabetes Health Insight “Early diabetes diagnosis, sometimes even before an illness starts, can play a critical role in helping prevent disease, hospitalization, and death.” TAGS: Diabetes, […]

April

Daily Media Digest April 8, 2022

Curbing mental health in Vietnam – SFU researchers develop virtual self-management tool EurekAlert “A Simon Fraser University initiative created to support people in self-managing their depression is being reimagined as a virtual tool, …” TAGS: […]

April

Daily Media Digest April 7, 2022

2022 Canada Gairdner Awards Recognize World-Renowned Scientists For Transformative Contributions To Research Impacting Human Health Gairdner ““Canadian scientists remain an example to follow as they continue to lead in global health research and discoveries that […]