Daily Media Digest November 12, 2019


Common muscle relaxant linked to severe confusion in patients with kidney disease

Media Relations – Western University
“A new study from ICES Western, Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute has shown that patients with kidney dysfunction who were […]”
TAGS: drug treatment, side effects, kidney disease

‘Profoundly changed’: New surgery gives amputees a better quality of life

CTV News
“In a North American first, a new surgery at the McGill University Health Centre is giving amputees a better quality of life. After a serious […]”
TAGS: amputees, osseointegration, innovative surgery

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories turns its attention to the next generation of medical isotopes

Belleville Intelligencer
“[…] breast cancer (led by Dr. Humphrey Fonge, College of Medicine University of Saskatchewan), the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and invasive […]”
TAGS: nuclear medicine, medical isotopes, innovative treatments

‘This is not a magic wand’: Spinal stimulation used on Humboldt Bronco promising but in early …
CBC.ca
“Milos Popovich, director of the KITE Research Institute at the University Health Network’s Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, echoes that need to proceed […]”
TAGS: spine injury, spinal stimulation

Can ‘active’ video games keep young gamers fit – and happy? (Maybe)

London Free Press (Blogs) (blog)
“[…] a pediatric cardiologist and associate scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute. According to his research, which involved children between the […]”
TAGS: children and youth health, physical activity, physical health

‘I’m constantly tired’ — what you should know about restless legs syndrome

Globalnews.ca
“It can also be connected to underlying health problems, like impaired […] a sleep neurologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre at the University of […]”
TAGS: restless leg syndrome, co-morbid health problems, treatment options

Showering, cleaning gear necessary for firefighter health, study says
CBC.ca
“Showering, cleaning gear necessary for firefighter health, study says […] Research presented this week in Fort McMurray suggests firefighters need to […]”
TAGS: carcinogens, hygiene, mental health