Study sheds light on risk factors for treatment resistant schizophrenia
UM Today (press release)
“Kowalec’s study aimed to understand the clinical, demographic, and genetic factors associated with treatment resistant schizophrenia by using a […]”
TAGS: schizophrenia, genetic factors, prognosis
Canadian experts calling for a greener health care system
Globalnews.ca
“Canada’s health care system could be a lot greener, experts say. […] cent of economic expenditure, but only five per cent of emissions, one study found.”
TAGS: climate change, greenhouse gas emissions
U of T researcher helps develop simple, low-cost way for countries to measure public health
News@UofT
“Getting a snapshot of a country’s health statistics is as easy as using surveys about people’s cause of death and disability, along with open-source […]”
TAGS: public health, community health, health statistics
Workers at risk of losing jobs to AI can be retrained for health care, RBC says
CTV News
“[…] create anatomical models to help plan surgeries, and machine-learning specialists to help integrate artificial intelligence into health-care delivery.”
TAGS: healthcare jobs, artificial intelligence
The lack of health data about Black Canadians can be life-threatening: study
Globalnews.ca
“Without research into the health of minority groups, differences like these go unnoticed and policy can’t be updated to reflect the group’s unique needs […]”
TAGS: Black Canadians, minority, health research
Mental health focused program launches at Holy Spirit School Division.
Globalnews.ca
“Mental health focused program launches at Holy Spirit School Division. […] Health Capacity Building Grant organized by Alberta Health Services.”
TAGS: mental health, community program, children and youth health
ALS Canada invests almost $1.4 million towards innovative ALS research projects in pursuit of a future without ALS
HRI Portal
“For a terminal disease like ALS, that gradually paralyzes people because the brain is no longer able to communicate with the muscles of the body typically moved at will, transformative research is needed to help accelerate understanding of disease progression and provide pathways for future therapies.”
TAGS: ALS, research funding, innovative research