Daily Media Digest July 8, 2022

Government of Canada invests $10 million in research on outpatient medications for COVID-19
Bruyère
“This research will evaluate whether select treatments prevent hospitalization and post COVID-19 condition (“long COVID”), offering timely evidence to clinical researchers, health system managers, and public health officials in Canada and abroad.”
TAGS: pan-Canadian platform, antiviral medications, Bruyère Research Institute

3 Cutting-Edge Eye Lenses Designed to Help Improve How You See

Johnson & Johnson
“Multifocal contacts based on your pupil size. Intraocular lenses that adapt to our digital world. These are just some of the new Johnson & Johnson advances poised to change the future of vision care.”
TAGS: vision care, medtech, LASIK, Johnson & Johnson

Seventeen UNB researchers awarded $4.6 million in federal grant funding

UNB
“Whether improving the health of our communities and developing innovative prosthetics, supporting a transition to new sources of energy, securing our world against digital threats, or advancing any other area of inquiry…”
TAGS: research grant, innovative research, University of New Brunswick

Spotlight on the geriatric outreach behavioural supports program at The Royal

The Royal
“The Dementia Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County estimate that over 24,000 people live with dementia in this region, a number that is expected to double by 2031.”
TAGS: dementia, mental health, aging population, The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre

Newly announced CIHR-funded COVID-19 research includes Memorial researchers

Memorial University – Faculty of Medicine
“Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine is part of the national network collaborating on a $10-million research initiative funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada.”
TAGS: Can-ADAPT COVID, outpatient medication, CIHR, Memorial University

Commons Committee Echoes HealthCareCAN Health System Solutions

HealthCareCAN
“For the second time in a matter of months, a House of Commons committee has once again chosen to advance HealthCareCAN recommendations in a formal report to government.”
TAGS: aging, research investment, pandemic, HealthCareCAN