Daily Media Digest January 29, 2019

CTV News
“Dr. Rahel Eynan, a scientist with the Lawson Health Research Institute in London, Ont., is unravelling such mysteries one heart-wrenching note at a …”
TAGS: suicide, prevention, research

 

Peace River Record Gazette
“A Carleton University researcher has invented a high-speed X-ray system that’s now being used to study the effects of collisions on football and …”
TAGS: concussion research, medical technology

 

Globalnews.ca
“… researcher at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. “Those studies were conducted using screening methods that we don’t use anymore.”.”
TAGS: breast cancer, screening guidelines, preventive care

 

The Globe and Mail
“Dr. Madigan, who holds the Canada Research Chair in the determinants of child development, notes that others have suggested children with …”
TAGS: children, development, screen time

 

The London Free Press
“Study authors at Lawson Health Research Institute – the research arm of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London – and …”
TAGS: opioid crisis, endocarditis, injection drug use

 

Winnipeg Free Press
“… as being president of the Manitoba chapter of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, chairs its local awareness and fundraising campaign, the Gutsy Walk.”
TAGS: inflammatory bowel disease, health care costs

 

Globalnews.ca
“WATCH: A new University of Calgary study looks to understand the relationship between those who survive spinal injuries and the people who care …”
TAGS: spinal cord injury, rehabilitation, caregivers, patients

 

McGill Newsroom
“The study was conducted by an international team including researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of McGill University, the …”
TAGS: dopamine, music, reward response, neurochemistry

 

CTV News
“She cites a 2015 study by the Canadian Malnutrition Task Force that found 45 per cent of older adults admitted to hospital for a non-nutrition diagnosis …”
TAGS: nutrition, loneliness, socialization

 

Ottawa Citizen
“We must question whether we provide the right mental health training before, during and after thrusting soldiers into situations that could mentally scar …”
TAGS: military, post-traumatic stress, stigma, suicide prevention

 

The Kingston Whig-Standard
“… cannabis became legal in Canada, according to Dr. Jurgen Rehm, a senior scientist at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).”
TAGS: cannabis, addiction, legalization