When it comes to COVID-19, social media fills a gap left by scientists — and it’s a problem, says sociologist
CBC
“In his recent article for The Conversation, Kurasawa, director of York University’s Global Digital Citizenship Lab, writes that we are currently “facing an unprecedented crisis of public understanding.””
TAGS: social media, public health, COVID-19
Halifax researchers explore social distancing, mental health
TheChronicleHerald.ca
“Sandra Meier, a psychologist at the IWK Health Centre, and Rita Orji, a computer scientist at Dalhousie University specializing in health and behaviour, …”
TAGS: social distancing, COVID-19, mental health, pandemic
Experts: Summer in the time of COVID-19
McGill Newsroom
“… the Tier II Canada Research Chair in Child Welfare, the Director of the Centre for Research on Children and Families and the Nicolas Steinmetz and …”
TAGS: COVID-19, public health, reintegration
HHS, McMaster University & PHRI launch national post-operative virtual care study
HamiltonHealthSciences.ca
“A team of researchers and health care providers at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) and McMaster University have launched a major study to remotely manage patients after surgery. Their joint research centre, Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), is testing virtual care and remote monitoring technology.”
TAGS: virtual care, innovative research, post-operative care
Fungi play a critical role within our gut microbiome, research finds
UCalgary
“A recent study by Dr. Marie Claire Arrieta, PhD, assistant professor at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine (CSM), shows that fungi have a larger role in the development of the gut microbiome than we realized.”
TAGS: gut health, microbiome, innovative research
This blood test is 100% accurate in identifying a hard-to-diagnose cardiac disease
TedRogersResearch
“Now, a new study in European Heart Journal led by Dr. Robert Hamilton, Ted Rogers Centre investigator and SickKids clinician-scientist, reveals a new method that could forever change how we manage this difficult disease.”
TAGS: cardiac disease, diagnostic technology, innovative research