CBC.ca
“Saskatchewan’s Children’s Hospital is set to open its doors next year, but as of now the government is short on its goal for full-time pediatricians. … Meili said the province has a problem not only with recruiting but with making positions available to graduates from the University of Saskatchewan. “
TAGS: children’s Hospital, Saskatchewan, pediatricians
McGill Reporter
“An international symposium on gastroenterology in his honour, April 13 and 14, at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) brought that point … Dr. Seidman, a physician at the MUHC, professor of medicine and pediatrics at McGill University, and senior scientist at the Research Institute of the MUHC.”
TAGS: gastroenterology, Dr. Seidman, McGill University Centre (RI-MUHC)
UBC Faculty of Science (press release)
“The BC Centre for Disease Control, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority, provides public health leadership through surveillance, detection, treatment, prevention and consultation services. The centre provides diagnostic and treatment services for people with diseases of public health …”
TAGS: opioid crisis, antidote kits, reduce deaths
GlobeNewswire (press release)
““We are honoured to work with the expert team from Montreal Heart Institute, one of the foremost research centers specializing in cardiovascular disease in Canada and beyond. The Montreal Heart Institute specialty is exactly in line with Ceapro’s contemplated sector of activities in inflammation-based …”
TAGS: Beta-glucan, clinical project, Montreal Heart Institute, Ceapro
ITBusiness.ca
“As anyone who’s spent time in a hospital can tell you, the rehabilitation period doesn’t end when you’re discharged. And as the administrators behind the University Health Network (UHN), which represents Toronto’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, … “
TAGS: digitized patient reports, discharge, University Health Network
GenomeWeb
“The prospective study — known as “Precision Oncology for Young People,” (PROFLYLE) — is supported by C$16.4 million (US$13.1 million) as of February, including C$5 million in seed funding from the Terry Fox Research Institute. Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) researcher Adam Shlien …”
TAGS: cancer, sequencing study, pediatric, Precision Oncology for Young People
HalifaxToday.ca
“Many Aboriginals in Canada are relying on pills and insulin to treat their diabetes and often not focusing on eating balanced meals and getting more exercise, a conference on diabetes affecting Indigenous communities heard Wednesday in Halifax. While other Indigenous diabetics are aware of the …”
TAGS: National Indigenous Diabetes Conference, Indigenous health, diabetes
UCalgary News
“Opportunities available for Canadian researchers. For individual researchers interested in working in Europe, the European Research Council (ERC) and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), are the programs within Horizon 2020 that support individual researchers around the world. Canada has …”
TAGS: research , Innovation, Europe
The Conversation CA
“Research shows that up to 70 per cent of seriously ill, hospitalized elderly Canadians are receiving invasive end-of-life treatments that they don’t want. This could be your mother or your grandfather. Maybe someday, it will be you. For more than 10 years, our team of health researchers, Canadian ..”
TAGS: end of life care, health Research
Alzforum
“Researchers keep turning up unexpected links between Parkinson’s disease and the immune system. At the first Advances in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Therapies Focus Meeting (AAT-AD/PD), March 15–18 in Turin, Italy, Michael Schlossmacher of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada, …”
TAGS: Parkinson’s disease, immune system, Research
McGill Reporter
“The duo, who have recruited first-year medical students Menal Huroy and Krislia Cunningham to join their leadership team, hope to achieve this goal by organizing hands-on workshops, discussion panels with health care professionals and shadowing opportunities so that high school students can start …”
TAGS: medical students, black health professionals, McGill University Centre (RI-MUHC)
CBC.ca
“Fourth-year nursing students at York University are worried they may not be able to graduate this year due to the strike that has shut down classes since March 5. Students in the program have to complete a number of clinical hours at hospitals and other facilities to graduate but none have been able to …”
TAGS: nursing students, York University, strike
Canada NewsWire (press release)
“MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 18, 2018 /CNW/ – Novo Nordisk announced today that Health Canada has approved Xultophy® as an adjunct to lifestyle modifications, for the once-daily treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus to improve glycemic control in combination with metformin, with or without …”
TAGS: Novo Nordisk, diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, Xultophy®