Daily Media Digest May 13, 2019

The Hill Times
“What most Canadians do not know is that women have been left out of research—not just as researchers—but as participants.”
TAGS: women’s health, health research, sex, gender

 

TheSpec.com
“They also had fewer hospital admissions, reports the McMaster research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal May 6. As part of the …”
TAGS: health care, seniors, suicide, food allergies

 

CBC.ca
“Among the team is Dr. Julia Uhanova, associate professor of hepatology at the University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences and lead …”
TAGS: liver disease, northern communities, Indigenous

 

CTV News
“The growing opioid crisis has become the focus of a research study at Western University that takes a look at the crisis from a different perspective …”
TAGS: opioid crisis, doctors, physicians

 

CBC.ca
“Dr. James Perry is the head of neurology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. He has treated hundreds of glioblastoma patients, …”
TAGS: brain cancer, treatment, clinical trial

 

McGill Reporter
“… at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), Dr. Wang is working on a pilot project with McGill TeleHealth to integrate …”
TAGS: patient care, technology, young researchers

 

UCalgary News
“Hosted by the University of Calgary Senate, Lecture of a Lifetime showcases the talent and achievements of leading academics and celebrates …”
TAGS: depression, Lecture of a Lifetime

 

CBC.ca
“Online tools for mental health are becoming increasingly mainstream as … Dr. Nik Grujich, a psychiatrist with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in …”
TAGS: mental health, technology, online

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“Heart & Stroke is proud to be working with Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaws and Shoppers Drug Mart), NexJ Health, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and the YMCA to deliver the program.”
TAGS: blood pressure, prevention, Ottawa