2018

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Receives Priority Review in Canada for Patisiran, an Investigational RNAi Therapeutic for the Treatment of Hereditary Transthyretin-mediated Amyloidosis (hATTR amyloidosis) with Polyneuropathy Canada NewsWire (press release) “… at the University of Toronto, Director […]

Study probes possibility of walking-talking test to predict dementia The London Free Press “The collaboration by researchers at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry and Lawson Health Research Institute, the …” TAGS: dementia, […]

New insight into aging McGill Newsroom “Researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) of McGill University examined the effects of aging on neuroplasticity in …” TAGS: aging, research, neuroplacticity   All-female golf […]

Calgary youth issue call to action in response to ‘bleak realities’ facing kids Toronto Star “The report, Raising Canada: A report on children in Canada, their health and well-being, released by the University of Calgary […]

Do you have a hernia? What you need to know about this common condition Globalnews.ca “… are created equal,” said Dr. Jacinthe Lampron, clinician investigator of the clinical epidemiology program at the Ottawa Hospital Research […]

Insulin may ward off infections Varsity “For Dr. Sue Tsai and Dr. Dan Winer at the University Health Network (UHN), insulin is the gift that keeps on giving. “In [our] field a lot of people […]

Libin Cardiovascular Institute has million-dollar weekend UCalgary News “Photos by Adrian Shellard, for the University of Calgary … of Companies, far left, and Ken King of the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation, …” TAGS: fundraising, […]

Is that ‘midlife crisis’ really Alzheimer’s disease? National Post “Author: Carmela Tartaglia, Clinician-Scientist, University Health Network and Associate Professor, University of Toronto. Imagine you tell your 55 …” TAGS: Alzheimer’s Disease, pathology, diagnosis   Western […]

Inhaled version of blood pressure drug shows promise in treating anxiety, pain Canada NewsWire (press release) “The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada’s largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital and a […]

App developers are using artificial intelligence to advise teens about their health The Globe and Mail “… Frank Rudzicz, a University of Toronto professor and researcher at University Health Network who specializes in machine learning […]