Ontario Funding Program To Help Seniors Struggling with COVID-related Cognitive Impairment
Ontario.ca
“The Ontario government is investing over $432,000 in Baycrest to help people struggling with cognitive impairment as a result of COVID-19. The province is making the investment through the Ontario Together Fund.”
TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, cognitive impairment, long-hauler, prognosis, Baycrest
McGill-Concordia-uOttawa research team finds correlation between COVID-19-based …
McGill Newsroom
“Visible minorities, health-care workers and young people in Quebec have been at higher risk of experiencing COVID-19-related discrimination and …”
TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, social determinants of health, collaborative research
Study shows how our brains sync hearing with vision
McGill Newsroom
“Scientists at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) of McGill university recruited volunteers to view short flashes of light paired with …”
TAGS: brain, neuroscience, vision, innovative research, The Neuro
Health Sciences North selected as lead for provincial psychotherapy program
CBC.ca
“Health Sciences North (HSN) is leading the restructuring of how psychotherapy services are offered across the northeast. The program will be tailored …”
TAGS: psychotherapy, mental health, program, Health Sciences North
Mending hearts: University of Ottawa Heart Institute turns 45
CTV Edmonton
“The University of Ottawa Heart Institute has been mending broken hearts and changing the face of modern medicine for four-and-a-half …”
TAGS: cardiac health, heart, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Edmonton VR software helps diabetes patients learn about vision loss
CBC.ca
“According to Diabetes Canada, diabetic retinopathy is the most common cause of legal blindness in people of working age. Finding and treating …”
TAGS: diabetes, vision loss, comorbidity, diabetic retinopathy
Canada needs major changes to improve care for the aging, including research and innovation focused on dementia
Re$earch Money
“Scientists around the world came together to create a vaccination for COVID-19 in record time. We need the same effort to prevent and treat the many kinds of dementia and other forms of cognitive decline.”
TAGS: COVID-19, vaccination, aging, dementia, AGEWELL