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New state-of-the-art Research Imaging Centre promises to
change the future of mental health
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) officially opened the doors to its new Research Imaging Centre -- the first of its kind in Canada where positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and genetic imaging will be ...
Gender makes a difference in health care: Report reveals
ways to improve women’s health
Women experience unique health issues like pregnancy and menopause as well as health conditions like cervical, ovarian and breast cancer. Some diseases like HIV and cardiovascular disease are said to present differently in women than in men, and women and ...
New pan-Canadian study seeks to increase understanding
of ovarian cancer, improve diagnosis and treatment
Despite years of research, about 2,500 Canadian women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer and 1,700 Canadian women still die from the disease every year. A new pan-Canadian study led by the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) hopes to change this. ...
A spotlight on women’s health research
Josie Cassano Rizzuti didn’t recognize the troubling signs of depression when she was in the midst of perimenopause. At 41, she believed she was too young to go through such a transition. But her symptoms were beyond avoidance – complete changes ...
The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame: Looking back on a
lethal gene
Touted by geneticists as making one of the most significant breakthroughs in human genetics in the past 50 years, Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui, O.C., the scientist who discovered the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene in 1989, is being highlighted for his achievement ...
Unique clinical trial will examine new treatments for
heroin addiction
A clinical trial to test better treatment options for chronic heroin addiction is expected to begin in Vancouver within the next two months. Led by researchers from Providence Health Care’s Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences (CHEOS), it’s the ...
Scientists put patient care first: World class genetic
screening facility in Canada
We’re in this together. And I’m not referring to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute’s (CHEO RI) innovative genetic screening lab - although more on that in a minute. I mean it takes a village to operate an ...
New research program investigates leading cause of death
for women
Providence Health Care and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have established the first research program in B.C. to focus on the impact of gender-based differences on cardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke) – the UBC Heart and Stroke Foundation ...
Lawson Health Research Institute celebrates four new
program launches
London Ontario is now home to a research centre unlike any other in Canada. Officially opened in 2010, the Lindros Legacy Research building, located at London Health Sciences Centre’s (LHSC) University Hospital, is now in full operation as one of ...
Study suggests glaucoma screenings are happening too late
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. Although it can be treated, new research shows Canadians may not be doing enough to protect themselves. According to a new study by Lawson Health Research Institute’s Dr. Cindy Hutnik, many ...
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VP of Seniors Services ensures the right focus in Winchester
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