Globalnews.ca
““In a recent survey of Saskatchewan women, over 75 per cent reported at least one type of shoulder problem after treatment.” Researchers said there is evidence that the motion of the whole shoulder is affected following surgery and treatment and believe these changes are associated with other arm …”
TAGS: breast cancer, Study
TheSpec.com
“At Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), the experience is the same. Dr. Alim Pardhan says the people coming in to the ERs these days “tend to be sicker, and more are getting admitted,” but that’s not necessarily because of the flu. “We don’t know for sure why volumes have gone up,” said Pardhan, the ER …”
TAGS: Hamilton average this year, flu cases
CBC.ca
“A Vancouver Coastal Health research project is taking a novel approach to stroke prevention, pairing victims with “stroke coaches” in a bid to prevent secondary strokes. About one-third of stroke victims have a second stroke within a year after returning home. Despite that, after a patient is released from …”
TAGS: stroke, pilot project, prevention
Vancouver Sun
“UBC and Vancouver Coastal Health are running the two-year trial supported by a $500,000 grant from Stem Cell Network of Canada. If the cells multiply and develop as hoped, they will produce insulin in response to the glucose in the blood, reducing or eliminating the need for insulin injections. “
TAGS: stem cell treatment, type 1 diabetes, Stem Cell Network
Canada NewsWire (press release)
” As Canada marks Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, a health innovation team has been awarded funding from the Government of Ontario to pilot a groundbreaking brain health assessment and risk management program powered by predictive analytics and artificial intelligence. Offered in …”
TAGS: machine learning, brain health
Sequence Bio appoints Dr. Michael S. Phillips as Chief Scientific Officer to lead genomic research …
Canada NewsWire (press release)
“His positions include roles at Merck & Co., Orchid BioSciences, Génome Québec, Université de Montréal, Montreal Heart Institute and Centre Hospitalier de L’Université de Montréal (CHUM) Research Centre. In his most recent role as VP Genomics at Genomics Medicine Ireland, Dr. Phillips was …”
TAGS: Sequence Bio, Michael S. Phillips, biotechnology
The Conversation CA
“Factoring in graduates from previous years, 114 Canadian-trained students did not secure spots. The number is likely to be even higher this year. “It’s a situation of grave concern,” says Dr. Geneviève Moineau, president of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada. “I’m extremely nervous.”
TAGS: Doctors-in-training, lack of opportunities
Cochrane Times Post
“The March of Dimes is very excited to announce the participation of Hand, Wrist and Elbow surgeon Dr. Laura Kember, as well as Hip and Knee surgeon Dr. Herman Dhotar, in March of Dimes Canada’s Northern Medical Clinics. Kenora, ON native Dr. Kember completed her first medical degree in …”
TAGS: New Surgeons, Northern Medical Clinics
CBC.ca
“According to researchers at McMaster University and Université de Montréal, people born at during the 1957 H2N2 pandemic, or Asian flu, were at a higher risk … risk of death during subsequent pandemics that they lived through,” said Matthew Miller, senior author of the paper from McMaster University. “
TAGS: birth year, risk in flu pandemic
Inquirer.net
“The manufacturer of the Dengvaxia vaccine has agreed to take back its remaining unused vials and to pay back the government for the unused stocks of the anti-dengue vaccine. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III revealed that Sanofi Pasteur agreed to pay P 1.1 billion to the government for the …”
TAGS: Sanofi, Dengvaxia vaccines
Canada NewsWire (press release)
“According to Health Canada Statistics, 1 in 5 Canadians from ages 12-44 suffer from chronic pain, representing a significant unmet medical need to improve treatments for patients. The Canadian Pain Society identifies chronic pain as an expensive problem, not only to the patient, but also society in …”
TAGS: Delivra, topical cream, cannabis, chronic pain
NutraIngredients-usa.com
“According to CBA’s statement: “The research is clear, caffeinated energy drinks are now available in more than 165 countries and have been in the Canadian market place since 2004. Energy drinks have been thoroughly tested and are considered safe by the world’s leading health authorities.” .”
TAGS: Canadian researchers, energy drinks, negative effects on health
CBC.ca
“At this day and age, with a health-care system that we brag about as a country, it doesn’t meet the needs of a lot of Northern Manitoba First Nations, at no fault of their own,” she said. North says despite the fact that nurses and nurse practitioners in communities “do their best,” a lack of resources, doctors …”
TAGS: health care, First Nations
Medical Xpress
“Conducted among more than 170 subjects at various stages of Alzheimer’s disease, the study by the team led by Salah El Mestikawy (Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Canada) and Stéphanie Daumas (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France) has shown instead that the disease is … “
TAGS: Alzheimer’s Disease, neurodegenerative disease, therapies
Globalnews.ca
“WATCH: Imagine having a medical team interact with your child for the first decade of their life, to prove whether what they’re fed may increase their risk of being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes? One Halifax family jumped at the chance to help prove or disprove the connection between the disease and …”
TAGS: Cow’s milk, type 1 diabetes
Financial Post
“The Canadian Health Policy Institute (CHPI) examined the total direct-cost burden from patented drugs using the most recently comparable publicly available data … is that CIHI “drugs” costs also include the administrative expenses of public drug plans, as well as spending by pharmaceutical companies on drug research.”
TAGS: fake drug crisis, pharmaceutical policy, Health policy