Read stories about initiatives in medical education taking place at Canada’s 17 Faculties of Medicine.
Experts say we need to normalize the conversation, as we’ve done with other health conditions
Attitudes around mental health have undergone a seismic shift in recent years, with celebrities, politicians and advocates openly and compassionately talking about their personal experiences and the importance of support and awareness.
Think of it as an electrical power bar for oxygen with the potential to save lives.
The Valence InVent Xtend allows a single ventilator to safely provide air for up to four patients, with the capability of personalized and real-time modifications.
Researchers at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto have demonstrated the safe delivery of an antibody therapy across the blood-brain barrier using MRI-guided focused ultrasound.
A University of Alberta-led study shows that when it comes to susceptibility to infections and other health conditions, sex matters.
A group of students from three different Rady Faculty of Health Sciences colleges took part this summer in an ongoing interprofessional initiative to create a student-infused community health centre in Manitoba.
A University of Alberta researcher has discovered how two signalling molecules recruit immune cells known as “killer” T cells to a specific type of colon cancer with more favourable patient outcomes. The finding may represent a therapeutic strategy to target other types of cancers.
Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that immune cells from the upper respiratory tract of children, taken years before the pandemic began, react with the virus that causes COVID-19.
Dr. Anna Gunz says that climate change is the biggest health crisis of our lifetime.
“This train has left the station,” she said, citing the recent Summary for Policymakers report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
A University of Saskatchewan (USask) project will create the province’s only tumour bank and—for the first time in Canada—offer ovarian cancer patients testing to learn if biologic drugs can control their illness.
A team of University of Alberta researchers has identified an unexpected role for a protein known as BAD in the ability of cells to migrate in the body—a finding that has promising implications for understanding how breast cancer spreads.