Daily Media Digest April 29, 2022

Ontario Working for Workers by Investing Over $5 Million in Health and Safety Research at Lakehead
Lakehead University
“The Ontario government is working for workers by investing $5.5 million in ground-breaking workplace health and safety research led by the Enhancing Prevention of Injury and Disability @ Work (EPID@Work) Research Institute at Lakehead University. The funding will contribute to the Institute’s leading research in several key areas including, reducing mental health stigma in the workplace and designing injury prevention programs for vulnerable workers in Northwestern Ontario.”
TAGS: health research,, funding, mental health, injury prevention, Lakehead University

‘Promising’ breathalyzer-style COVID test highlights need for better data, experts say | CBC News
CBC
“Dr. Vanessa Allen is a medical microbiologist at the University Health Network/Mount Sinai Hospital microbiology lab. (Craig Chivers/CBC).”
TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, breathalyzer, medical technology, University Health Network

$6.7 million to study the impacts of COVID-19 on children | McGill University Health Centre
McGill University Health Centre
“Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos visits Montreal to announce a new investment in pediatric research and to congratulate researcher Jean-Jacques …”
TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, pediatric research, RI-MUHC

New drug shows promise slowing tumour growth in some hard-to-treat cancers – University of Toronto
University of Toronto
“… at Sinai Health’s Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (LTRI) and a professor of molecular genetics in U of T’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine.”
TAGS: tumor growth, cancer, treatment, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (LTRI)

Fighting for Canadian Access to Breakthrough Treatments, Now
Health Insight
“The impact of cancer cannot be underestimated. Every day, hundreds of thousands of Canadians face challenging treatment protocols, care for loved ones undergoing treatment, and pray for a cure. What may be the most distressing, however, is that promising breakthrough treatments exist and are starting to make a real difference in cancer care — but that many Canadians cannot get timely access to them.”
TAGS: breakthrough treatment, cancer, cancer care, Innovative Medicines Canada

Health Matters: New stem cell research technology | Watch News Videos Online
Global News
“Glen Tibbits of the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute explains how new equipment could help speed up stem cell cultivation and aid in the …”
TAGS: stem cell research, innovative research, cell cultivation, treatment options