Canada NewsWire (press release)
“Dr. Howard Chertkow appointed as the new Chair in Cognitive Neurology and Innovation at Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute … General Hospital (JGH) and McGill University Bloomfield Centre for Research in Aging and was a Senior Investigator in the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research.”
TAGS: Dr. Howard Chertkow, Cognitive Neurology, Baycrest, McGill University Centre (RI-MUHC)
Proactive Investors USA & Canada
“Intellia Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:NTLA) was assigned a Market Perform rating on Tuesday by analysts at Oppenheimer who called out the potential of the biotech’s revolutionary gene-editing technology. Intellia Therapeutics is working on CRISPR, a revolutionary technology that can edit genetic … “
TAGS: CRISPR, editing genes, technological innovation, biotechnology
Coffs Coast Advocate
“HIGH rates of dementia in some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are being targeted through five ground-breaking research projects. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has allocated $14 million to the programs which aim to prevent dementia, slow its onset .”
TAGS: Dementia, Indigenous health, north coast
Live Science
“A growing number of clinical trials are looking into whether compounds in marijuana can be used to treat some of the symptoms of autism. One of these clinical trials was just announced at the University of California, San Diego, and others are slated to take place in New York at Montefiore Medical … “
TAGS: medical marijuana, autism, clinical trial
Huddle Today
“I am currently the Vice President of Operations for Populus Global Solutions Inc. We are an innovative health technology company focused on improving the delivery of healthcare that enables data collection, program delivery, effective analytics in support of population health and disease management.”
TAGS: Innovation, health technology, New Brunswick
CBC.ca
“”Nocebo is kind of the opposite” of placebo, Dr. Baiju Shah, a senior scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, told The Current’s Anna Maria Tremonti. “[It’s] where you have a medication that probably has benefits, but because you go in with preconceived notions that it might be harmful …”
TAGS: nocebo, googling symptoms, Research
Technology Networks
“A research team including a researcher from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences has discovered a circuit in the brains of mice connecting circadian rhythm to aggressive behaviour. The discovery is particularly interesting to Alzheimer’s patients who experience increased aggression at night.”
TAGS: clock nucleus, aggressiveness, Alzheimer’s
CBC.ca
“The IWK Health Centre says the hospital saw a jump in visits to the emergency department over the winter months, leading the Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union to call for a faster expansion of the department. February brought 29 per cent more visits to the women’s and children’s hospital’s emergency …”
TAGS: IWK Health Centre, emergency visits rising, urgent
TheChronicleHerald.ca
“She credits Dr. Tanya Tulipan, a psychiatrist for reproductive mental health at the IWK Health Centre, for guiding her through the maze of dark days and … “And if needed, they can come (through a referral) to our clinic and what we do is sit down with the women and we make sure she understands that … “
TAGS: postpartum, depression, IWK Health Centre
CTV News
“Dr. Isaac Boguch, infectious diseases specialist from the University Health Network, attributes the increase in Lyme disease positive ticks to climate change, saying that it has impacted geographic boundaries for insects that transmit the viruses. “The changes in geographic patterns of insects and animals …”
TAGS: Lyme disease, ticks, Toronto
TheSpec.com
“”What is really going to make a difference for the experience of Canadians, as they walk through the last stage of life, is not going to be what we do differently within health care — as important as that is,” Dr. Joshua Shadd, director of palliative care at McMaster University told The Spectator. “It’s going to … “
TAGS: Palliative care, inadequate, end-of-life care, case Study, Hamilton
Toronto Sun
“Victoria, like 4,200 other Canadians, has Cystic Fibrosis. She needs a drug called Orkambi to survive, but the Ontario government doesn’t want to talk about it. Victoria, who is 15, is currently back in Sick Children’s Hospital as doctors attempt to clear her lungs of the thick mucus that builds up because of …”
TAGS: cystic fibrosis, Ontario, Victoria Vigneau begging, medication
Sudbury.com
“An $810,000 cash injection will go to the Noojmowin-Tag Aboriginal Health Access Centre, which is based out of Manitoulin Island. Funding will help expand Aboriginal Health Access Centre programs and services to Indigenous people in Espanola and Massey. New services will include a full-time …”
TAGS: Aboriginal Health, sudbury, Health clinic
U of T Engineering News
“This research was funded by the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Grand Challenges Canada, Medicine by Design, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), …”
TAGS: handheld 3D skin printer, Health, technology, Research
CTV News
“GATINEAU, Que. – An Indigenous woman who led a lengthy march in northern Manitoba to draw awareness to the scourge of crystal meth in her community tearfully confronted Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott Wednesday, asking for help. “It’s destroying lives and it’s killing our people,” said …”
TAGS: Manitoba, Indigenous health, crystal meth
The Scientist
“In the latest study, the researchers intravenously injected diabetic mice with a virus loaded with the genes for Pdx1, Neurog3, and Mafa—transcription factors that had already been shown to reprogram cells to a β-like state. The team first targeted the mice’s liver cells, called hepatocytes, and found that … “
TAGS: reprogramming cells, Research, pancreatic duct cells, diabetes
National Post
“Andreas Stuermer, another employee at the biotech company, told VICE that there had also been disagreements about the company’s future. “We all lost touch with him. It was radio silence,” said Stuermer. “It was more than four weeks ago.” While an investigation is underway, local police say there is no …”
TAGS: biohacker, Andrew Traywick, vaccine
CTV News
“Politicians of all stripes put partisanship aside to express their grief over the loss of Conservative MP Gord Brown, who died suddenly in his Parliament Hill office on Wednesday at the age of 57. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Brown a “great guy,” who was “particularly good at transcending the …”
TAGS: Gord Brown, mourned, Parliament Hill