Mirage News
“While the World Health Organization has identified the “Right to Sight” through its Vision 2020 initiative, little is known about the burden of vision impairment and eye disease on those who are most vulnerable – including indigenous populations. Researchers at the Centre for Eye Research Australia “
TAGS: Indigenous health, eye health, neglected health needs
Toronto Star
“CALGARY—If it was as simple as just quitting, most of the people Tanis Petry works with would have already done so. Petry is part of a team that works to address their client’s medical, social, mental health and addictions needs at Calgary’s The Alex Community Health Centre’s Complex Care Clinic …”
TAGS: opioid crisis, opioid injections, Alberta, supervised injectable opioid agonist therapy program
CTV News
“Early Tuesday morning, she became the third patient with intractable depression to be treated at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre with MRI-guided focused ultrasound, a non-invasive procedure that sends more than 1,000 beams through the skull to a tiny target in each hemisphere of the brain.”
TAGS: ultrasound procedure, depression, treatment
Medical Xpress
“The article “Prognostic Utility of Stress Testing and Cardiac Biomarkers in Menopausal Women at Low to Intermediate Risk for Coronary ARTery Disease (SMART Study): 5-Year Outcomes” is coauthored by Sharon Mulvagh, MD, Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) and Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada) …”
TAGS: stress testing, biomarker studies, cardiovascular event
Canada NewsWire (press release)
“The Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) is the national, recognized authority on eye and vision care in Canada. As eye physicians and surgeons, we are committed to assuring the provision of optimal medical and surgical eye care for all Canadians by promoting excellence in ophthalmology and …”
TAGS: Canadian study, eye health, Canadian Ophthalmological Society
Canada NewsWire (press release)
“Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will be joined by the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, and Dr. B. Mario Pinto, President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of …”
TAGS: Researchers in Canada, Top Minds in Science and Engineering ,
GenomeWeb
“The unifying theme: each new genome sequence should enhance research on the species at hand, while providing some sort of economic, social, or other … The project has secured funds from the University of Toronto’s McLaughlin Centre, and participating centers such as the Hospital for Sick Children … “
TAGS: Genome sequencing, canseq150, sickkids
Ottawa Business Journal
“Among those from the hospital were its chief of staff, Dr. Lindy Samson, and Dr. Martin Osmond, CEO and scientific director of CHEO’s Research Institute, as well Jennifer Walker and Cathy Curry, who are members of the hospital’s board of directors. Also seen was Jacqueline Belsito, vice-president of … “
TAGS: Alex Munter, CHEO, Ottawa’s children’s health
McGill Reporter
“She is aiming to develop a signature mathematical construct to capture a suite of elements related to health, including an individual’s medical history, … “We are grateful to NSERC for its support of innovative research, including Professor Pineau’s specialization in reinforcement learning,” said Martha … “
TAGS: Joëlle Pineau, support research, NSERC
Baystreet.ca
“To that end, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is contributing funding for an upcoming Phase 1/2 clinical trial in the U.S. The FDA has recently allowed Sernova’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for a study evaluating the Cell Pouch System for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes in …”
TAGS: Sernova’s Cell Pouch Technologies, diabetes, JDRF
Tbnewswatch.com
“In an announcement Monday, the government said the NorWest Community Health Centre will use its funding to serve unattached (no family doctor) and complex patients in Thunder Bay including those with multimorbidity, mental health and addictions needs, and seniors, in addition to Indigenous …”
TAGS: Thunder Bay, healthcare funding
iPolitics.ca
“The report also said the health minister should reserve at least 20 per cent of all cannabis production licenses for producers on land that falls under the jurisdiction of Indigenous governments. Senators on the committee will address media availability just after 4 p.m. Tuesday. Meanwhile, in a separate …”
TAGS: aboriginal People committee, legalized marijuana
News1130
“VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The debate over healthcare is ramping up today. A right-wing policy group is out with new research, claiming the Canada Health Act is broken and we need to fix it. The report comes the same day advocates of the public system plan to target private healthcare providers …”
TAGS: BC, healthcare, Canada Health Act
UCalgary News
“Members of the O’Brien Institute for Public Health at the Cumming School of Medicine and Odette Lobato Calleros, PhD, a professor from Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico, are working together to identify barriers preventing better management of Type 2 diabetes. “Diabetes is one of the ..”
TAGS: Type 2 diabetes, Researchers, Canada, Mexico