Study is first to identify potential therapeutic targets for COVID-19
Lawson Health Research Institute
“A team from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University are the first in the world to profile the body’s immune response to COVID-19. By studying blood samples from critically ill patients at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), the research team identified a unique pattern of six molecules that could be used as therapeutic targets to treat the virus.”
TAGS: COVID-19, therapeutic targets, innovative research
60% of Indigenous people say mental health is worse due to COVID-19: survey
Globalnews.ca
“Mental health disparities between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in Canada have been “well documented,” reads the study. “They …”
TAGS: Indigenous health, COVID-19, mental health
Could Canada avoid a second wave of COVID-19?
CBC.ca
“… an assistant professor of viral pathogenesis at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and Canada Research Chair of emerging viruses, said we can …”
TAGS: pandemic, public health, COVID-19
UM team develop inexpensive 3D-printed ventilator following shortage
UM Today (press release)
“… Code Life Ventilator Challenge run by the Montreal General Hospital Foundation and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre.”
TAGS: ventilator, medical technology, COVID-19
ASK AN EXPERT: MY HANDS ARE DRY AND CRACKED FROM WASHING THEM SO OFTEN. HOW CAN I GET MY SKIN BACK TO NORMAL?
Vancouver Coastal Heath Research Institute
“With the increase in hand washing and sanitizing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Harvey Lui shares how to care for dry, cracked skin.”
TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, public health
Lack of school structure putting children’s mental health at risk
CBC.ca
“”This is an extremely stressful and traumatic time,” said Gail Beck, a child psychologist who works with adolescents and young adults at the Royal Ottawa …”
TAGS: mental health, children and youth health, COVID-19
Early lockdown key to avoiding deadly nursing home outbreaks, epidemiologist says
CBC.ca
“Gerald Evans, chair of the division of infectious diseases at Queen’s University, says a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to happen …”
TAGS: nursing home, public health, COVID-19
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Lumino Health connect patients to local health care …
Canada NewsWire (press release)
“”We want to help make this process as smooth as possible for our Sunnybrook community. Lumino Health’s network of health providers will connect …”
TAGS: virtual health, public health, accessible healthcare
The stigma of being alone is disappearing
NowToronto
“”A lot of people are complaining about loneliness when, actually, what they’re talking about is anxiety or boredom,” explains Ami Rokach, a psychology professor at York University. “Missing human contact is not necessarily loneliness, just like missing sweets is not necessarily hunger.””
TAGS: mental health, COVID-19, isolation
Could the Montreal Neuro herald a paradigm shift in scientific research?
University Affairs
“The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) on Sept. 4, 2018 from the corner of Des Pins and University streets. Photo courtesy of …”
TAGS: neuroscience, innovative research, open science