Daily Media Digest July 6, 2018

The Globe and Mail
“Research findings were shared with the Mental Health Commission of Canada for their review. Out of this process came a collaborative white paper, …”
TAGS: MHCC, mental health, workplace stress, study

 

University Affairs
“That this will cut into researchers’ ability to find funding in these research areas was starkly evidenced in the 2016 Canadian Institutes of Health Research grant …”
TAGS: cancer research, research funding, public perception

 

The Globe and Mail
“Amid cross-Canada run, Dave Proctor offers up his body for scientific study … from the University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services will poke and prod him … Since Proctor is running to raise money for research, he was willing to offer up …”
TAGS: fundraising, scientific study, Rare Disease Foundation

 

The Globe and Mail
“Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor had asked for drug makers to voluntarily … their promotional activities relating to opioids while Health Canada develops … poll conducted for The Globe and Mail by Nanos Research said they were likely, …”
TAGS: opioid crisis, Minister of Health Petitpas Taylor

 

Tbnewswatch.com
“The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is in the midst of the planning … Patients triaged as needing mental health or addictions treatment would be …”
TAGS: mental health, emergency services,

 

The London Free Press
“A Western University researcher is using a century-old mathematical principle — queueing theory — to understand the perennial problem of emergency room …”
TAGS: Hospital wait times, emergency services, Western University,

 

OHRI Newsroom
“A growing number of patients in Eastern Ontario are being saved from unnecessary prostate cancer surgeries, according to a study led by Dr. Luke Lavallée and …”
TAGS: OHRI, prostate cancer, treatment