Daily Media Digest October 12, 2018

Globalnews.ca
“Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has added two new drug checking machines to its arsenal, in a bid to lower the death toll of the opioid overdose …”
TAGS: opioid crisis, overdose, prevention

 

National Post
“Authors: Carly McMorris, Assistant Professor of Education, University of Calgary; Catherine Lebel, Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of …”
TAGS: fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, evidence-based, information

 

National Post
“It is looking to help a broad range of patients, including people with eating disorders, breast cancer, epilepsy, mental illness and Alzheimer’s disease.”
TAGS: art, health and wellness, museum

 

CTV News
“Lynda Balneaves, an associate professor in the college of nursing at University of Manitoba, said the campaign promotes fear of cannabis rather than …”
TAGS: cannabis, public service announcement, harm reduction

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“Connie J. Eaves, PhD FRS (Canada), FRS (Edinburgh) (Vancouver, BC): A world authority on stem cells with translational impact on bone marrow …”
TAGS: Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, health leadership

 

CBC.ca
“On Tuesday, Minister of Science and Sport Kirsty Duncan announced a federal commitment of $558 million this year for discovery research, with $6 …”
TAGS: discovery grant, NSERC, discovery research

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“… Oct. 11, 2018 /CNW/ — The Canadian scientist Dr. Andras Nagy, Senior Investigator at Mount Sinai’s Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, …”
TAGS: research, vision impairment, blindness, charitable funding

 

Macleans.ca
“Why Indigenous visibility is part of the Maclean’s university rankings … such as Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.”
TAGS: Indigenous, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, university rankings,

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“… and chair, division of endocrinology at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, and chair of 2018 Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines.”
TAGS: diabetes, treatment, medical technology