October

N.S. hopes race-based data collection will improve health-care accessibility CBC “John Ariyo, the executive director of equity and engagement at Nova Scotia Health, said the initiative was called for by stakeholders, …” TAGS: healthcare accessibility, […]

Canadians Encouraged to Live “In Range” to Better Manage their Diabetes Newswire.CA “Sanofi Canada is committed to partnering with healthcare providers and Canadians living with diabetes to help diminish potential complications by …” TAGS: diabetes, […]

Research, services lacking for autistic Indigenous people, say researchers University of Alberta “On-reserve health care is the responsibility of the federal government, but most autism services are delivered by provincial health authorities.” TAGS: autism services, […]

ECMO survivors have higher rate of new mental health diagnoses than other ICU survivors OHRI “Survivors of ECMO life support had a 24% higher rate of new mental health diagnoses after discharge compared to other […]

Groundbreaking cancer screening research detects brain tumours in blood TMU News “Researchers from TMU and St. Michael’s Hospital can detect brain tumour content using blood samples. Called a liquid biopsy, this could transform how cancers […]

Cardiovascular surgery project moving to next stage TBNewsWatch.com “The next stage in bringing cardiovascular surgery to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre includes the preliminary design of the space and identifying equipment needs.” TAGS: […]

Let’s Redefine Who We Think Can Be Impacted by Breast Cancer The Kit “October marks Breast Cancer Awareness month, and, this year, an intimate new disease awareness campaign from Gilead Sciences Canada is making sure […]

Technology the size of a sesame seed making breast cancer treatment less painful CTV News “The miniature localization application developed by Molli Surgical and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has been approved by Health Canada and […]

One size does not fit all for spinal cord injury care VCHRI “Health care services for people living with spinal cord injury must be a blend of traditional hands-on and virtual-based care to serve the […]

How will long COVID affect our health system? Major Canadian study offers a glimpse of its reach Toronto Star “Both Atzema and McNaughton are researchers at the Sunnybrook Research Institute and scientists at the non-profit […]