Daily Media Digest October 4, 2018

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“”On behalf of those brave families who never gave up hope – or the fight, the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders applauds the parties for …”
TAGS: spinal muscular atrophy, treatment, rare disorder, Durhane Wong-Rieger

 

Dal News
“The study, led by the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (HALO) at the CHEO Research Institute in Ottawa, included Dalhousie as one …”
TAGS: children, physical literacy, physical activity, national study

 

The Gazette • Western University’s Student Newspape
“MPIs can image iron that researchers have injected into the cells, allowing them to track stem cells and cells during cancer immunotherapy and to …”
TAGS: imaging technology, pre-clinical research, cell-tracking research

 

Folio – University of Alberta
“As she was conducting her study, McGuire-Adams noticed that most research looked at Indigenous health from a negative perspective, focusing on …”
TAGS: Indigenous, women, positive transformation, physical activity, colonialism

 

National Post
“How theatre training can boost your doctor’s empathy … of a competent physician defined by Canada’s Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.”
TAGS: physicians, empathy, medical improv

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“He is Ophthalmologist-in-Chief and Director of Retinal Services at the University Health Network, which is affiliated with the University of Toronto.”
TAGS: Medical Advisory Board, Eye Care Professionals of Canada

 

McGill Tribune
“… allergy and immunology specialist Moshe Ben-Shoshan and his colleagues at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), less than half of patients …”
TAGS: EpiPens, epinephrine, allergic reaction, shortage