Alberta man first to be recruited for CAPTURE (Comprehensive Analysis Platform To Understand, Remedy, and Eliminate) ALS
ALS Canada
“This attitude is what led Garry to CAPTURE ALS. CAPTURE (Comprehensive Analysis Platform To Understand, Remedy, and Eliminate) ALS is a Canadian platform that unites patients, physicians, and researchers in academia and industry to study ALS.”
TAGS: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), CAPTURE ALS, research study, ALS Canada
Community workers pitch in to help Toronto’s most vulnerable navigate the health care system
Globe and Mail
“We need to be prioritizing improved health outcomes for the most marginalized patients, period …”
TAGS: vaccine clinics, COVID-19, community health worker, University Health Network
What are the Odds?
University of Calgary
“New federal rules allowing faster-paced online sports betting are changing the game. A clinical psychology professor says we need to know when to walk away (and when to run).”
TAGS: mental health, gambling and addiction, University of Calgary
Giving birth: towards greater cultural safety for Indigenous women
MUHC
“It can cause psychological distress, breastfeeding problems, poor diet or an increase in substance use. Some women hide their pregnancy from authorities, attempt to give birth at home alone or leave the hospital prematurely.”
TAGS: Indigenous health, psychological distress, breastfeeding, McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
Groundbreaking treatment developed in Edmonton to treat certain blood cancers
Edmonton Journal
“Groundbreaking treatment developed in Edmonton to treat certain blood cancers is expanding in Alberta.”
TAGS: (CAR) T-cell therapy, chemotherapy, Alberta Health Services, University of Alberta