Daily Media Digest September 21, 2018

McGill Newsroom
“Researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) of McGill University examined the effects of aging on neuroplasticity in …”
TAGS: aging, research, neuroplacticity

 

Ottawa Business Journal
“… education for women on heart disease prevention and on making healthy decisions. The centre is at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI).”
TAGS: fundraising, women’s health, heart disease, education, prevention

 

Globalnews.ca
“Meanwhile, Niki sits down with Sandie Jones and Grace Ferrari at Parkinson Canada. Sandy pre-dates the Parkinson wonder drug Levodopa.”
TAGS: Parkinson’s disease, Parkinson Canada

 

CBC.ca
“Fraser is a pathologist at the McGill University Health Centre, who helped bring the museum to life. He spoke with As It Happens host Carol Off about …”
TAGS: medical museum, Maude Abbot

 

CBC.ca
“… Justin Trudeau said his government “will not treat this as a criminal issue” — a statement his health minister, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, has echoed.”
TAGS: opioid crisis, decriminalization

 

Hill Times
“Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor’s mandate in large part is focused on improving access to necessary prescription medication and reduce the …”
TAGS: prescription medicines, NAFTA, national pharmacare

 

CBC.ca
“Inside a lab at Dalhousie Medical School, 12,000 zebrafish swim in tanks … across the street at the IWK Health Centre: they share the same cancers.”
TAGS: cancer treatment, zebrafish, Research, Jason Berman

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, today accompanied the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, …”
TAGS: STEM, young scientists, Prime Minister’s Science Fair

 

The Independent
“Canada is extending an olive branch to Saudi Arabia after a diplomatic … of doctors a year, and funding, that’s become a key part of Canada’s medical …… chief executive of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, …”
TAGS: Saudi Arabia, medical students, Andrew Padmos