Daily Media Digest January 14, 2020


A Potential New Treatment for Preventing PTSD

Technology Networks
“Research led by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation points to a groundbreaking […]”
TAGS: PTSD, mental health, biomarkers


It’s not the same old story: Canada’s aging population is on the rise, but we don’t have the …

The Globe and Mail
“Paula Rochon is a geriatrician, the vice-president of research at Women’s College Hospital and the Retired Teachers of Ontario Chair in Geriatric […]”
TAGS: geriatric care, aging population, community health

Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation, Health and Technology District partner to accelerate …

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), powered by Baycrest, and the Health and Technology […]”
TAGS: brain health, geriatric health, digital healthcare

Inuit infants need access to medication to prevent respiratory illness

Nunatsiaq News
“The social and environmental determinants of Indigenous health are issues that we care about deeply and have worked on with communities, […]”
TAGS: respiratory illness, infant health, preventative care

Brain cancer: An intelligent molecule to fool and kill glioblastoma cells
McGill University Health Centre
“Montreal, After seven years of collaboration, a team of researchers from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has […]”
TAGS: glioblastoma, brain cancer, cancer research, cancer treatment

Shaming, blaming and ignorance about obesity block millions from getting effective care

Folio – University of Alberta
“[…] who is chair in obesity research and management at the University of Alberta and medical director of the Alberta Health Services Provincial Obesity […]”
TAGS: obesity research, dietary health, mental health