Daily Media Digest September 1, 2020


Coronavirus: survey aims to identify supports for front-line hospital workers in southwestern Ontario
Globalnews.ca
“… from Lawson Health Research Institute is hoping to learn more about its personal and professional impacts on front-line hospital workers specifically …”
TAGS: COVID-19, frontline workers, public health

Finding COVID-19 answers in sewage
Ottawa Citizen
“Research being led by the CHEO Research Institute’s MacKenzie, could make that surveillance tool more accurate and potentially give public health …”
TAGS: COVID-19, public health, sewage

Canadian clinical trial looks to acai berries in hopes of preventing severe cases of COVID-19
CTV News
“Canada’s active COVID-19 case number is rising shortly before most … Drug used to treat coronavirus in cats may be effective for humans too: study … Multinational Clinical Trials, part of the University Health Network, told CTV … ability to lessen the body’s inflammatory response in initial medical studies.”
TAGS: inflammation, COVID-19, innovative treatment

Mapping out the health impacts of climate change
Delta-Optimist
“VCH and Fraser Health are sharing the index with municipalities, regional districts, First Nations, community organizations and other partners to work …”
TAGS: climate change, health impacts, public health

U of T-led international research reveals common foundation for six psychiatric disorders
News@UofT
“In his research, Paus and graduate student Yash Patel used a technique called virtual histology. Invented by Paus’s lab, the method uses gene …”
TAGS: psychiatric disorders, genetics, mental health

Helping military veterans address PTSD focus of planned Canadian study
Regina Leader-Post
““I think it has a growing place in health care, and a lot of patients use medical cannabis already and have a huge benefit from it,” Northern Shores …”
TAGS: PTSD, mental health, veteran’s health