Daily Media Digest September 18, 2018

Varsity
“For Dr. Sue Tsai and Dr. Dan Winer at the University Health Network (UHN), insulin is the gift that keeps on giving. “In [our] field a lot of people are …”
TAGS: research , insulin, immunology

 

CBC.ca
“By the time lunch, books and gym clothes are loaded in, kids’ backpacks can look like they weigh more than the child. Julia Brooks, a pediatric …”
TAGS: pediatric health, physiotherapy, school

 

CTV News
“Instead, researchers found that aspirin use was associated with an increased risk of bleeding in the digestive tract and the brain, with 3.8 per cent of …”
TAGS: healthy aging, aspirin, older adults

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“Today, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport kicked-off Science Literacy Week, a national celebration powered by the Natural …”
TAGS: researchers, science, youth, funding

 

Globalnews.ca
“A good place to start, according to Gregor Reid, the endowed chair in human microbiome and probiotics at the Lawson Health Research Institute and …”
TAGS: probiotics, health promotion, Timothy Caulfield

 

Toronto Star
“There is little research on weight bias available in Canada, Ramos Salas said, but … Ramos Salas said there are misconceptions among health-care …”
TAGS: weight discrimination, stigma, bias, health care

 

CBC.ca
“It’s dinner time at Shelter House in Thunder Bay, Ont., and Sherry-Lyn Kuzior stops by while walking her four dogs to ask for a brown bag of clean …”
TAGS: opioid crisis, overdose prevention, treatment

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“The Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services. “Our government is committed to growing the middle class by providing greater …”
TAGS: Indigenous, child care, Jane Philphott