Daily Media Digest February 12, 2019

The Globe and Mail
“Starting in 2013, Dr. Mak and his team at Princess Margaret, part of Toronto’s University Health Network, set about trying to understand why. Maureen …”
TAGS: immune cells , health research applications, human body’s defense, neurochemicals

 

CHCH News
“Hamilton Health Sciences says that Canadians expose themselves to 7.5 hours of screentime a day. Experts there say that young children who over …”
TAGS: technology and children, child development , screen time, digital health

 

The London Free Press
“Human spinal cords are smarter than we once thought, Western University researchers say in a new study showing the key neurological pathway has …”
TAGS: spinal health, neurological pathway, motor control , human health research

 

CBC.ca
“The Alberta government announced plans Monday for a new $226-million children’s mental health centre to be built in Edmonton.”
TAGS: health care facility , children’s mental health , healthcare funds, mental health crisis

 

Dal News
“… the Killam Chair in Mood Disorders at Dalhousie University and a clinical psychiatrist and researcher with the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA).”
TAGS: genetic factors, bipolar disorder, research study, detection

 

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)
“Applications are now open for the 2019 Innovation to Commercialization (I2C) competition.”
TAGS: health research applications, health innovations, health outcomes , ,

 

The Guardian
“Report contributor Dr. David Juurlink, head of the Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology division at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre says that the …”
TAGS: opioid crisis, prescription drugs, addiction,