Boost your brain health by learning a new language
Baycrest
“Whatever your reason, Baycrest research suggests that learning a new language is good for your brain health – even if you never become fluent.”
TAGS: cognitive skills, language centres, Baycrest, York University
How Automated Diagnostic Tools Can Improve Your Lab Workflow
CLP Magazine
“With patients catching up on routine diagnostic tests, lab personnel are being overwhelmed with demand as they cope with technician retirements, overwork, and burnout. Technology can help increase lab workflow efficiency.”
TAGS: lab automation, sexually transmitted diseases, BD Canada
How to keep kids’ sleep schedules on track during the easy, breezy days of summer
Toronto Star
“According to Dr. Indra Narang, a sleep medicine physician at the Hospital for Sick Children, while parents can relax routines somewhat, it’s best not to let things go too far off the rails.”
TAGS: pediatric health, circadian rhythm, sleep, SickKids
Ukrainian migrants face hurdles in accessing primary care, say health experts
CTV News
“Migrant health experts are warning that the swift influx of Ukrainians fleeing to Canada could put some at risk of falling through cracks in primary care.”
TAGS: mental health, infectious diseases, Lady Davis Institute, Women’s College Hospital
Bridging a gap in the path to the clinic
BioCanRX
“In biologics manufacturing, because of their complexity, we refer to the process being the product. But I would go one step further and say that the people are the process and so without these highly trained people, there is no product …”
TAGS: biologic therapies, Biotherapeutics Manufacturing Centre (BMC), BioCanRx