Daily Media Digest July 15, 2019

CBC.ca
“Alberta Health Services invested $2-million to expand the screening panel to include the four new disorders. Taylor said it took about 18 months to pull …”
TAGS: rare disorder, newborn screening

 

CBC.ca
“Professors holding prestigious research roles at Canadian universities are still overwhelmingly white and male, despite diversity and inclusion …”
TAGS: Canada Research Chair, diversity

 

CTV News
“The event, which features more than 200 teams, raised money for research into childhood cancer and for a new hospital for SickKids. “We really are …”
TAGS: fundraising, childhood cancer, research

 

Psychology Today (blog)
“Almost every health research study you’ve ever read about has been—or at least, should have been—informed by the principles of epidemiology.”
TAGS: health research, quality, studies

 

UM Today (press release)
“The College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences has been running the program through its Manitoba Centre for Nursing Health Research …”
TAGS: nursing, students

 

Peace River Record Gazette
“I asked Dr. Brian Murray, head of neurology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, what he thought about Neuropeak Pro.”
TAGS: sleep, technology

 

CTV News
“Once seen almost exclusively as a treatment for certain cancers, an increasing amount of health care providers are offering stem cell therapies to treat …”
TAGS: stem cell therapies, Timothy Caulfield, Health Canada