Daily Media Digest November 22, 2018

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2018 /CNW/ – The Health Research Foundation (HRF) of Innovative Medicines Canada, along with Prix Galien and Research …”
TAGS: awards gala, Health Research, Marla Shapiro, David Jenkins, Novartis Canada

 

CBC.ca
“Canada’s first academic researcher focused solely on the cannabis plant … Yang Qu was recently hired as the cannabis health research chair and …”
TAGS: cannabis, research chair, medicinal marijuana

 

CBC.ca
“Roy was treated at Health Sciences North in Sudbury. The hospital is now creating prosthetics and orthotics using 3D technology. It says the software …”
TAGS: prosthetic patients, 3D technology, health care

 

National Post
“TORONTO — Kirsty Duncan was 13 or 14 when she suffered what she believes was surely a concussion. Now Canada’s minister of science, sport and …”
TAGS: Kirsty Duncan, concussions, House of Commons subcommittee

 

CBC.ca
“That’s why opioids like Suboxone and methadone help treat addictions, he said. The daily prescribed dose of either is meant to stabilize people and …”
TAGS: opioid crisis, treatment, harm reduction, treatment

 

CBC.ca
“The IWK Health Centre has a Transhealth Clinic and over a four-year period new referrals to the unit have almost quadrupled, going from 14 in 2014 …”
TAGS: transgender community, LGBTQ+, Day of Remembrance