April

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. […]

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, […]

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, […]

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: […]

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 […]

Lakehead researcher leading team examining challenges of diverse care workers during the pandemic Lakehead University “Lakehead University’s Dr. Kathy Sanderson is leading a Canadian team of researchers examining the diversity and vulnerability of care workers […]

New study shows drug prevents major bleeding after surgery – Hamilton Health Sciences Hamilton Health Sciences “Hamilton researchers have found a safe drug to help blood to clot after non-cardiac surgery, reducing major bleeding in patients.” TAGS: surgery, innovative […]

Government of Ontario planning grant to help establish first hospital-based proton radiation therapy centre in Canada UHN “The Ontario Ministry of Health on Friday announced a $5 million “planning grant” to assess the feasibility and […]

A powerful collaboration offers crucial insights at the frontier of ALS biology ALS Canada “With the help of an ALS Canada-Brain Canada Discovery Grant, the co-investigators are using cutting-edge technology to identify undiscovered ways proteins […]