Ottawa Citizen
“Cancer postdoctoral fellow Dr. Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault with Dr. John Bell, co-authors of a new study on using a combination of immunotherapies to cure an aggressive form of breast cancer.”
TAGS: breast cancer, study, immunotherapies
The Globe and Mail
“On Tuesday, the Research Institute at the McGill University Health Centre published a study titled “Why Professional Football Players Chose Not to Reveal Their Concussion Symptoms during a Practice or Game.” We examined 454 CFL players and planned and completed the study in conjunction with … “
TAGS: athletes, concussions, Researchers
CBC.ca
“More than 1,900 people have died of illicit drug overdoses in B.C. since the province declared a public health emergency nearly two years ago. Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer with Vancouver Coastal Health, said the new Overdose Emergency Response Centre will launch five new regional …”
TAGS: opiod crisis, strategies, Vancouver Coast Health
BetaKit
“The Ontario government is dedicating $5.47 million in 12 projects through its Health Technologies Fund through 2018, which supports partnerships between publicly funded health service providers, patients, academia, and industry. Through the fund, the Office of the Chief Health Innovation Strategist …”
TAGS: healthtech projects, Ontario, funding
Globalnews.ca
“Alberta Health Services (AHS) offered free clinics for anyone who customers who may have been exposed; 67 customers rolled up their sleeves to get shots along with 56 Safeway employees. AHS said there have been no further reports of hepatitis A from the incident. In September, some frozen fruit …”
TAGS: shortage, hepatitis A, vaccine
Canada NewsWire (press release)
“TORONTO and CAMBRIDGE, MA, Jan. 4, 2018 /CNW/ – ProMIS Neurosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of precision treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that its lead product candidate for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), PMN310, …”
TAGS: ProMIS Neurosciences, Alzheimer’s Disease
Medicine News (press release)
“… the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. A full list of contributors can be found here. This work was supported by an Alex’s Lemonade Stand Young Investigator Award, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Banting Fellowship, the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas, Grand Challenge …”
TAGS: ependymoma chemotherapy, Research, Dr. Michael Taylor
National Post
“One of the best ways to understand a virus is to understand how it has evolved, said evolutionary geneticist Hendrik Poinar, of McMaster University’s Ancient DNA Centre. (Poinar was part of an international team that two years ago sequenced the genome of two woolly mammoths. He’s also the son of …”
TAGS: DNA analysis, 16th-century child, hepatitis B
UCalgary News
“The clinical trial was conducted at South Health Campus in Calgary. Funding for the phase II clinical trial comes from The Ice Bucket Challenge through a partnership between ALS Canada and Brain Canada. Led by the HBI, Brain and Mental Health is one of six research strategies guiding the University …”
TAGS: clinical trials, anti-psychotic drug, treat ALS
McGill Reporter
“18, Dr. Alan Bernstein, the 2017 Henry G. Friesen International Prize Winner in Health Research and the President of the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research (CIFAR), will deliver the 2018 Henry G. Friesen Annual Lecture in Health Research at the McGill Faculty Club. The lecture is titled “Health … “
TAGS: Health Research, McGill University Centre (RI-MUHC)
Montreal Gazette-13 hours ago
“Funded by the federal government through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the study, called OPTIMA, was sparked by the opioid crisis that claimed nearly 3,000 … Methadone is considered the standard of care for opioid dependence in Canada while Suboxone is often the therapy of choice in the United States.”
TAGS: opiod crisis, study