Apps monitor COVID-19 as university students return to campus – Yahoo News Canada
Yahoo News Canada
“Carleton University students will have to screen themselves for COVID-19 symptoms and check in and out of classes during the fall semester.”
TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, symptoms, Carleton University
UWindsor research teams lands $500,000 for COVID research | Windsor Star
Windsor Star
“The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) recognizes Windsor and Essex … The agency is funding a team of researchers led by biochemistry professor …”
TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, funding, public health, innovative research
UNB long-term care simulation lab officially opens, ready to help NB residents and workers stay safe
UNB Blogs
“The University of New Brunswick and its partners held an event at Loch Lomond Villa to officially open the UNB Long-Term Care Simulation Lab, a newly renovated and constructed research space.”
TAGS: long-term care, aging population, simulation lab, virtual healthcare, University of New Brunswick
Chronic stress can affect health and decision-making | Canadian Cattlemen
Canadian Cattlemen
“… risk-taking behaviour,” says Cynthia Beck, cow-calf producer at Milestone, Sask. and clinical psychology masters’ candidate at the University of Regina.”
TAGS: chronic stress, mental health, decision-making, psychology, University of Regina
How going back to school could save kids’ mental health – The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail
“Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt is co-author of a report from the Royal Society of Canada that … Mental Health and Violence Prevention at the University of Ottawa.”
TAGS: mental health, children and youth health, community, Royal Society of Canada
Cannabis use doubled heart attack risk in young adults, study shows – National | Globalnews.ca
Globalnews.ca
“The peer-reviewed research, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal … Another 2019 study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health …”
TAGS: mental health, substance use, cannabis, heart attack, cardiac health, CAMH