Lethbridge News Now
“”We’re working with both Alberta Health Services and ARCHES. ARCHES will be providing staff for the trailer that’s being brought in from Calgary. It’s to give users a safe place to use the drugs because what we’re about right now is saving lives,” Cowan says. Dr. Esther Tailfeathers, another speaker at …”
TAGS: opioid crisis, safe consumption site, Blood Reserve Lethbridge
GlobeNewswire (press release)
““The 250,000 Canadians living with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis need access to the widest range of treatment options,” said Mina Mawani, President and CEO of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada. “By mandating patient and doctor choice in treatments for Crohn’s, and not forcing the switching of …”
TAGS: Crohn’s disease, Prince edward Island
Wawa-news.com
“The other day SickKids Hospital in Toronto announced that it has had the busiest January in its 143-year history. Ontario’s Sick Kids is a world-class hospital – and home to international experts and professionals who save children lives every day. But for over a year now, SickKids has been struggling …”
TAGS: healthcare, hospitals, overcrowding
The Globe and Mail
“Absolutely,” said Dr. Geneviève Moineau, president and chief executive officer of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada. The organization represents Canada’s 17 faculties of medicine and guides them on a host of issues. “Faculties do whatever they can to ensure that they are protecting the …”
TAGS: sexual abuse , medical students, Genevieve Moineau
Newswise (press release)
“Toronto General Hospital is a partner in University Health Network, along with Toronto Western Hospital, the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the Michener Institute of Education. The scope of research and complexity of cases at Toronto General Hospital have made …”
TAGS: largest adult transplant program, UHN, Milestone
News@UofT
“Canada’s most powerful research supercomputer was unveiled today at the University of Toronto – where it will be available to researchers of all disciplines across the country. Niagara is a massive network of 60,000 cores – the equivalent of roughly 60,000 powerful desktop computers – that can be …”
TAGS: supercomputer, Research Machine, U of T
Ottawa Business Journal
“Photo by Caroline Phillips Inspiration Awards From left, Sara Piracha with her husband, Scott McLean, Dr. Zul Merali, president, CEO and scientific director of the Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research, Ernie Laporte and Catherine Laporte at the VIP reception for the Inspiration Awards Gala, held at …”
TAGS: mental illness, raise awareness, Inspiration Awards
Vernon Morning Star
“Researchers from UBC’s Okanagan campus hope to make advances in tissue replacement and cancer research through a new technology that can produce living, 3D printed bio-tissues. “One of the ultimate goals in biomedical engineering is to recreate viable, healthy and living tissues,” said … “
TAGS: 3d printed tissue, cancer research
Healio
“Like the U.S., Canada faces a growing opioid crisis, with opioid-related fatalities totaling 2,861 in 2016, according to the authors. Therefore, an expert panel of professionals from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse network developed new …”
TAGS: buprenorphine-naloxone, treat opioid use, Canadian Guidelines
National Observer
“Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott is hoping to deliver more health care closer to northern Indigenous communities, in order to address a crisis leaving Inuit women vulnerable in southern cities like Montreal. Speaking to National Observer in an interview, Philpott said a combination of better …”
TAGS: Inuit and Métis Wellness, Jane Philphott, northern Indigenous communities
Wawa-news.com-15 hours ago
“Evidence clearly demonstrates that women are under-diagnosed and under-treated, resulting in worse outcomes among women compared to men,” said Dr. Karin Humphries, Co-Chair of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada’s Women’s Heart and Brain Health Research Steering Committee.”
TAGS: budget 2018 fails, Heart Patients
Regina Leader-Post-Mar. 2, 2018
“Over five years, $20 million will support a new national research consortium between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and CIPSRT to focus on post-traumatic stress injuries. A further $10 million has been earmarked over five years for Public Safety Canada to work with CIPSRT to develop an …”
TAGS: government funding, post-traumatic stress injury , Research