Daily Media Digest July 22, 2019

The Kingston Whig-Standard
“McLeod is among six Indigenous researchers who will lead the creation of a new research centre at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) to study, …”
TAGS: Indigenous, HIV

 

UBC Faculty of Medicine
“Led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Corinne Hohl, the study’s conclusions are a wake-up call to urgently find new …”
TAGS: medication, adverse effects

 

UM Today (press release)
“For over three decades, HIV has infected an ever-growing number of people, but two newly funded University of Manitoba research projects offer …”
TAGS: HIV, AIDS, research funding

 

CBC.ca
“Alcohol has a large and growing impact on emergency department volumes, according to the study led by Dr. Daniel Myran … and researchers at The Ottawa Hospital, the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, ICES uOttawa and the Bruyère Research Institute.”
TAGS: binge drinking, alcohol use, women’s health

 

The London Free Press
“Dementia, a chronic and progressive brain condition associated with memory loss, personality changes and impaired cognition, affects about 50 …”
TAGS: stroke, dementia, prevention

 

CBC.ca
“… emergency rooms and hospital clinics across Ontario over the past 15 years, according to new research from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.”
TAGS: sexual assault, Ontario

 

Globalnews.ca
“The Canadian HIV Cure Enterprise (CanCure) has won a $6-million grant from the federal government to continue its work in the field of HIV research.”
TAGS: HIV, research funding

 

The Western Star
“… health,” said Paquette, who is working with colleagues at UQAM, Université de Montréal, Carleton University and the University of British Columbia.”
TAGS: urban forests, climate change, health

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada is the national professional association that oversees the medical education of specialists …”
TAGS: specialist advice, patient access

 

Globalnews.ca
“… this time of year who are dying from influenza as well,” said Dr. Gerald Evans, chair of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Queen’s University.”
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