Once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the health of Canadians with diabetes
The Globe and Mail
“Diabetes Canada has long called for concerted action to improve prevention and treatment for this chronic disease, which affects 11.7 million …”
TAGS: diabetes, chronic disease, best practice guidelines, Minister of Health, Diabetes Canada
Canadian study shows flu vaccine can help prevent stroke
Global News
“Building on a known connection between influenza infection and stroke, University of Calgary researchers used health records to see how flu shots …”
TAGS: stroke prevention, flu shot, influenza infection, University of Calgary
Indigenous Research Day highlights important work being done at McMaster
McMaster Daily News – McMaster University
“Savage Bear, the director of the McMaster Indigenous Research Institute (MIRI), says that, in addition to MIRI’s primary goal of amplifying the voices of Indigenous researchers…”
TAGS: Indigenous research, knowledge keepers, McMaster University
GlycoNet and Partners Invest $6.5 Million in Carbohydrate Research with One Health Focus
HRI Portal
“This investment will support state-of-the-art glycomics research that focuses on different aspects of One Health—human, animal and environmental health.”
TAGS: glycomics research, One Health, GlycoNet, Crohn’s and Colitis Canada
IWK says busy ER due to rhinovirus and RSV among kids spared in past years
CBC
“The IWK Health Centre in Halifax is seeing an increase in children admitted for non-COVID-19 breathing problems, the chief of pediatrics said …”
TAGS: respiratory infection, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), IWK Health Centre
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