Daily Media Digest January 30, 2019

CTV News
“Bruce Kruger, a patient with the University Health Network, undergoes rTMS therapy. The therapy involves sending magnetic pulses to targeted …”
TAGS: depression, mental health, access to treatment

 

CTV News
“CTV medical expert Dr. Marla Shapiro told CTV News Channel. Shapiro says that families need to sit down and think about how and why they use …”
TAGS: screen time, children, development, Dr. Marla Shapiro

 

Globalnews.ca
“McGill University and Université de Montréal inaugurated a new artificial intelligence hub on Monday. As Global’s Billy Shields, explains, it is …”
TAGS: artificial intelligence, research, Montréal

 

CTV News
“Denise Hepburn served as a Canadian Forces combat medic for 13 years (including a seven-month tour in Afghanistan) before an accident in 2010 …”
TAGS: mental health, veterans, #BellLetsTalk

 

Globe and Mail
“Yet, as an important new Globe and Mail series underscores, access to data is abysmal in Canada. And nowhere is the data gap more glaring and more harmful than in our publicly-funded health care system.”
TAGS: health data, Big Data, André Picard

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“It’s Bell Let’s Talk Day 2019 and you’re invited to talk, text and get engaged in the conversation on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat all day long to help fight the stigma…”
TAGS: #BellLetsTalk, mental health

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“*Mental illness and addictions: Facts and Statistics, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Background information – Nurses’ Health Program (NHP).”
TAGS: nurses, mental health, substance abuse

 

McGill Tribune
“McGill Nurses for Global Health hosted a panel of indigenous healthcare professionals and community members on Jan. 17 to discuss the importance …”
TAGS: Indigenous, health care, spiritual health, colonialism