Daily Media Digest May 30, 2019

The Globe and Mail
“For Ashley Wettlaufer, a research co-ordinator for Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), the latest statistics on the hospital visits …”
TAGS: alcohol, drugs, hospitalization, substance use

 

CBC.ca
“… a psychiatrist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. “We expected in advance that there would be an increase in youth, and in particular …”
TAGS: suicide, teens, media, 13 Reasons Why

 

CTV News
“As detailed in a case study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday, the senior was admitted to the McGill University Health Centre with high blood pressure.”
TAGS: licorice, hypertension, case study

 

Varsity
“Dr. Sheldon Singh, a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, wrote to The Varsity that this finding may …”
TAGS: heart attack, Super Bowl, spectators

 

UCalgary News
“On May 16, a scientist at the University of Calgary made headlines around the world, when a collaboration and licence agreement was announced for …”
TAGS: nanomedicine, autoimmune disease

 

CBC.ca
“They say their gift, in the form of an investment, will mean McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton …”
TAGS: health research, philanthropy

 

Western Investor
“In Vancouver, Providence Health Care, using a $3.3 million private donation, has opened a pilot project for a dementia-village connected to the Holy …”
TAGS: dementia, seniors care

 

northumberlandnews.com
“While eight glasses a day is great, Baycrest Geriatric Centre in Toronto says most seniors only need to consume about 1500 millilitres or six cups of …”
TAGS: dehydration, seniors

 

TheSpec.com
“… of Psychiatry at McGill University and director of the Attention, Behaviour and Sleep Lab at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. She is a …”
TAGS: sleep, children

 

Carleton Newsroom (press release)
“Carleton University has pledged support for the federal government’s new Dimensions EDI (Equity, Diversity, Inclusion) Canada Program which seeks …”
TAGS: Dimensions, EDI

 

The Globe and Mail
“… Health Canada told Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC) and BIOTECanada, the patented drug industry’s main lobby groups, in a letter dated April 8, …”
TAGS: drug pricing, PMPRB