Daily Media Digest May 11, 2018

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“MISSISSAUGA, May 10, 2018 /CNW/ – AstraZeneca today announced that Health Canada has approved Lynparza® (olaparib) tablets, as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm), human epidermal growth factor … “
TAGS: Lynparza® (olaparib) , Metastatic Breast Cancer, BRCA

 

Toronto Star
“The Senographe Pristina, designed by GE Healthcare Canada, hopes to change that by giving patients the power to adjust the level of breast …”
TAGS: mammogram, technology, breast cancer

 

TechCrunch
“The research, reported earlier by The New York Times, is a more actionable … Last year, researchers at Princeton University and China’s Zhejiang …”
TAGS: siri, alexa, can be exploited

 

Vancouver Courier
“The association met with health care providers in the fall off 2017 and held a subsequent meeting with Vancouver Coastal Health in late 2017 looking … “
TAGS: opioid crisis, Vancouver Coast Health, Vancouver, supervised consumption sites

 

Simon Fraser University News
“Examples include Coast Capital Savings Venture Connection (Western Canada’s first student business incubator), Innovation Boulevard (a health …”
TAGS: SFU, Research, innovation

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“Focused on supporting youth aged 13 to 26 struggling with mental health and addiction, the FNP has … SOURCE Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.”
TAGS: youth, mental health, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, RBC Race for the Kids

 

Wawa-news.com
“Parkinson Canada is hosting a Parkinson’s Disease Education Event in Sault Ste. Marie on Tuesday, May 29th titled: You … and your Health Care …”
TAGS: Parkinson Canada, parkinsons disease, education event

 

Dal News
“Now, Martha is using her position as a doctoral Nursing student at Dalhousie to research how to improve health outcomes for pregnant individuals or … “
TAGS: women’s health, Martha Paynter, Dalhousie researchers, 3M National Fellowship

 

Delta-Optimist
“Delta Stroke Recovery Society, Stroke Recovery Society of BC and March of Dimes Canada are joining forces to offer a pilot program this summer. A series of eight Perk Activities classes will be held on Wednesdays at 10:15 a.m. at Tsawwassen Mills in June and July. article continues below …”
TAGS: Stroke recovery pilot program, BC

 

Stockhouse
“Joanne Langley, M.D., an Associate Director with the Canadian Center for Vaccinology located at Dalhousie University, the IWK Health Centre, and …”
TAGS: VBI Vaccines, Phase 1 Study, IWK Health Centre

 

Newswise (press release)
“… along with the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and Michener Institute for Education is a …”
TAGS: concussions, athlete donors, Michener Institute for Education

 

McGill Reporter
“Surgeon-in-chief at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, Dr. Jean-Pierre … He is also a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of … “
TAGS: First Canadian pediatric surgeon, American Board of Surgery, Dr. Pramod Puligandla, McGill University Centre (RI-MUHC)

 

TheRecord.com
“The funding extends the Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Schlegel Industrial Research Chair for Colleges started at Conestoga in 2012.”
TAGS: Conestoga College, senior research, funding

 

Globalnews.ca
“Canadians would prefer to see millions of dollars in tax revenue from legal marijuana go toward improving health care across the country, a new … “
TAGS: pot tax revenue, fund, healthcare

 

News@UofT
“Once thought of as a disease that only affected older adults, diabetes is now being diagnosed increasingly in people under the age of 30 – the … “
TAGS: international PhD project, diabetes, young adults, U of T