Daily Media Digest March 12, 2019

CBC.ca
“The high-pitched cries and trembling limbs of newborns in the throes of drug withdrawal can no longer be heard or seen in the IWK Health Centre’s …”
TAGS: newborns, drug withdrawal, addiction, neonatal care

 

CBC.ca
“His team at the university’s human performance and health research lab found that during the heart’s resting period, called diastole, runners’ hearts …”
TAGS: cardiovascular disease, exercise

 

Dal News
“Dr. Chambers produced this video in 2013 with a $10,000 knowledge-sharing grant from the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation and launched …”
TAGS: paediatric care, pain, children, parents

 

CBC.ca
“When Dr. Morris Pudek at Vancouver Coastal Health did a quick internet search, he realized that biotin supplements are in fashion, with Instagram …”
TAGS: biotin, vitamin B7, medical test

 

Ottawa Sun
“Dr. Zul Merali is stepping down as head of The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research after 16 years. Merali, president and chief executive of the …”
TAGS: Dr. Zul Merali

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“OTTAWA, March 11, 2019 /CNW/ – The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, made the following statement: “We made a …”
TAGS: Mona Nemer, Kirsty Duncan, Chief Science Advisor

 

The Globe and Mail
“Finance Minister Bill Morneau has said that skills training will be a key part of his March 19 budget, which is the Liberal government’s fourth and final …”
TAGS: federal budget, political Ottawa, students, skills training