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March

Daily Media Digest March 5, 2019

Using sleep disorder to predict Parkinson’s disease McGill Newsroom “The study, led by Dr. Ron Postuma at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital) and the Montreal General Hospital of the McGill …” TAGS: Parkinson’s […]

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March

Daily Media Digest March 4, 2019

BoneTape: gluing the broken pieces back together Varsity “… research led by Paul Santerre, professor at the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) and University Health Network Baxter …” TAGS: bone fractures, medical device, […]

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March

Daily Media Digest March 1, 2019

UCalgary epidemiologist to help shape World Health Organization’s cancer research agenda UCalgary News “The cancer prevention researcher in the Department of Oncology at the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) has been elected to chair the […]

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February

Daily Media Digest February 28, 2019

Hearing-aid providers see opportunity as wearable tech explodes The Globe and Mail “… vice-president of research and chief innovation officer at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), a consortium of five hospitals and five centres offering a […]

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February

Daily Media Digest February 27, 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: […]

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February

Daily Media Digest February 26, 2019

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 […]

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February

Daily Media Digest February 21, 2019

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   […]

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February

Daily Media Digest February 19, 2019

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 […]