Canada NewsWire (press release)
“EPPIC’s multidisciplinary team comprises clinicians and scientists from BC Cancer, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, University of Calgary, University of Alberta, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, OICR, McGill University Health …”
TAGS: pancreatic cancer, researchers, pan-Canadian collaboration, precision medicine
Canadian Science Policy Centre
“Deborah Gordon-El-Bihbety – Budget 2018 has proposed unprecedented support for Canadian health research and innovation through an investment of nearly $4 billion in Canada’s research system…”
TAGS: Budget 2018, support for research community
Medscape
“The latest clinical practice guideline from the Deprescribing Guidelines for the Elderly Project, based at the Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada, focuses on the discontinuation of cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine, drugs approved for use in Alzheimer disease. This guideline, which was …”
TAGS: Cholinesterase Inhibitor, Memantine, deprescribing
Vancouver Sun
“On Tuesday, Vancouver Coastal Health issued a statement reminding the public that “no one has ever acquired HIV, or any other pathogen, from a needle-stick injury from a discarded needle in a park or any other public place in Vancouver.” VCH advises anyone who sees a discarded needle should …”
TAGS: exposed syringes, no injuries
Red Deer Express
“There’s a concerted effort by Alberta Health Services (AHS) to make the opioid blocking drug Naloxone more accessible. Commonly used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose from drugs such as Fentanyl or Carfentanyl, AHS has added hospitals to the list of places a person can get a kit, …”
TAGS: opioid crisis, naloxone kit
CNBC
“The cost of medical school in Canada is subsidized by provincial governments, according to The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada. The cost varies depending on whether a student is a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or foreign student and the particular school. For Canadian citizens …”
TAGS: Canadian Doctors, paid too much
Canada NewsWire (press release)
“TORONTO and CAMBRIDGE, MA, March 6, 2018 /CNW/ – ProMIS Neurosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of precision treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that its lead product candidate for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), PMN310, …”
TAGS: Alzheimer’s Disease, neurodegenerative diseases,
TheRecord.com
“WATERLOO — Federal Science Minister Kirsty Duncan was at the University of Waterloo on Tuesday touting the $6.6 billion earmarked in last week’s budget for science and research. UW president Feridun Hamdullahpur told the gathering of politicians, students and researchers that he was delighted …”
TAGS: Science Minister, Budge 2018
TheSpec.com
“A delegation of officials from McMaster University and Fraunhofer along with Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger and city economic development director Glen Norton met with The Spectator’s editorial Board Tuesday in advance of the official opening ceremony Wednesday. The project was first floated to …”
TAGS: biomedical research centre, Innovation
UCalgary News
“Giedd will give a public talk entitled The Teen Brain on March 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, sponsored by the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute at the Cumming School of Medicine. A neuroscientist at the National Institute of Mental Health and a professor at the University …”
TAGS: Research, neuroscience, kids don’t think
Edmonton Journal
“Medical researchers at the University of Alberta are pioneering a new process for growing high-quality human cartilage in the lab that could soon improve how surgeons perform nasal reconstructions. Cancer patients requiring a new nose would be subjected to less pain and fewer complications, along …”
TAGS: medical researchers, growing, human cartilage, nasal surgery
CBC.ca-4 hours ago
“Federal researchers have collaborated to develop a preventative vaccine for a potentially deadly bacteria that causes pneumonia, blood poisoning and meningitis in children and affecting predominantly children in northern and Indigenous communities. Scientists with the Public Health Agency of Canada first identified …”
TAGS: pneumonia, blood poisoning, meningitis, vaccine
Financial Post
“Brett Skinner: The federal, provincial and territorial governments spent about $159 billion on healthcare in 2016 and more than $33 billion of that went to non-medical stuff “
TAGS: non-medical costs, overall the health system
CBC.ca-13 hours ago
“In the past, researchers thought they had created a vaccine to the disease, that worked in tests where scientists injected the disease using a needle. … vaccines and improve drug therapies for the disease,” said post-doctoral student Matheus Carneiro, who is from Brazil, where leishmaniasis is a major public health concern.”
TAGS: scientists, infecting sandflies with deadly parasites