Myocarditis, pericarditis and the COVID-19 vaccine
BC Children’s Hospital
“In B.C. and elsewhere in Canada, there have been a small number of reports of heart inflammation in youth following vaccination with a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. An expert at BC Children’s Hospital weighs in on the new developments.”
TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, inflammation, side effects, Provincial Health Services Authority
UBC Emergency Medicine Researchers Optimize Delivery of COVID-19 Telehealth Care
UBC
“A team of UBC researchers, led by Dr. Kendall Ho, recently spearheaded innovative research aimed at augmenting B.C.’s health information phone line service capacity to better meet the needs of the COVID-19 crisis.”
TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, telehealth, emergency medicine
Living as a BRCA carrier and the options for managing your cancer risk
Women’s College Hospital Research Institute
“To understand the cancer prevention decisions that women make, Dr. Joanne Kotsopoulos, PhD and Dr. Steven Narod, MD are conducting an important new study to investigate why women have chosen the cancer management options that they have, and what factors have influenced their decisions.”
TAGS: cancer, women’s health, genetic, BRCA, Women’s College Hospital Research Institute
False Positive: Why Thousands of Patients May Not Have Asthma after All
The Walrus
“The study was led by Shawn Aaron, chief of respirology at the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital. His research was inspired by what he was seeing among patients referred to him because their asthma medications weren’t working.”
TAGS: asthma, respiratory health, medical testing, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
How to safely exercise in the heat
UHN
“Rob Bertelink, a cardiac rehab supervisor in UHN’s Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Program at Toronto Rehab’s Rumsey Centre, says the benefits of exercising outside are not only physical, but also mental.”
TAGS: physical health, cardiac health, exercise, heat stroke, heat exhaustion, University Health Network