Daily Media Digest July 12, 2018

hriportal.ca
“Team behind pan-Canadian immunization app, CANImmunize, announces release of the Canadian Vaccine Catalogue to support the standardization of digital vaccination records in Canada.”
TAGS: digital records, vaccinations, Canadian Vaccine Catalogue

 

Women’s Health
“For the laboratory-controlled, simulated shift work study, 14 healthy participants were split into two groups. The first group did the “day shift” sleeping …”
TAGS: women’s health, digestive system, shift work

 

Post-Bulletin
“During the course of the study, researchers put senescent cells into young mice and ones that had aged naturally. Those mice became frail, and their …”
TAGS: anti-aging research, senolytic drugs

 

Toronto Star
“The clinic-on-wheels will allow health care workers from Vancouver Coastal Health and other service organizations to reach out to women who may …”
TAGS: mobile clinic, women’s health, Vancouver Coast Health

 

Globalnews.ca
“Over half a million Canadians are living with dementia today, including Alzheimer’s which is the most common form of the disease. Contrary to what …”
TAGS: Alzheimer’s , memory loss, age

 

CTV News
“… to recruiting,” said Dr. Richard Gibson, the medical director of Primary Health Care in the Department of Family Practice at Dalhousie University.”
TAGS: family doctors, wait times

 

Montreal Gazette
“Montrealer Lynne McVey is the new head of the West Island’s Integrated University Health and Services Centre (CIUSSS). She was appointed by … “
TAGS: Lynne McVey, Integrated University Health and Services Centre (CIUSSS)

 

EurekAlert (press release)
“… of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and Mathieu Laplante, now at Université Laval (Quebec City), who originally identified DEPTOR …”
TAGS: T cells, organ transplant, children

 

Globalnews.ca
“A new study of the impact of the First Episode Mood and Anxiety Program (FEMAP) at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) suggests …”
TAGS: Patient-centred approach, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC)

 

CTV News
“The money will be invested by Canada Health Infoway, an independent, … Province should be incubator for health-care innovation: Nova Scotia …”
TAGS: atlantic health information, Premiers, funding

 

EurekAlert (press release)
“TORONTO, JULY 11, 2018 — Stressful situations affect the brain and body differently in people with schizophrenia compared to people without the …”
TAGS: stress, schizophrenia, mental health

 

CBC.ca
“11-year-old Heidi Nash, seen here with her mother Jill Nash, has type 1 diabetes and got a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) last year. Before, it was … “
TAGS: glucose monitor, type 1 diabetes, Yukon