Ottawa medical school partnership aims to train more Inuit health-care professionals
The University of Ottawa medical school will have two spots specifically for Nunavummiut beginning in September 2023. The program is geared toward increasing Inuit representation in the territory's health-care sector. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/North Source Type: news
The secret to longevity? Ask a yellow-bellied marmot
This study is the closest scientists have gotten to showing that biological processes involved in hibernation are important contributors to their longer-than-expected life span based on their body weight,” said Pinho, now a researcher with the nonprofit Institute of Ecological Research’s Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative in Brazil.“The fact that we are able to detect this reduced aging during hibernation in a wild population means the effect of hibernation on slowing aging is really strong,” said Blumstein, a member of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and a senior author of the study....
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 7, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Real-time reviews of research findings will help policymakers address global crises such as COVID-19
Real-time reviews of research findings could help policymakers address global crises such as COVID-19, saysthis articlepublished inNature. Living evidence was first developed by Cochrane and an important recommendation for future health emergencies that came out of the recent Cochrane Convenes meetings. According to scientists writing in the peer-reviewed journal Nature, policy missteps will continue to overshadow the global response to COVID-19 because policymakers are overwhelmed with rapidly shifting research evidence. Faced with new challenges such as the Omicron variant, decision-makers can ’t keep up wi...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - December 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news
Study saying COVID-19 vaccines cause heart inflammation that was hyped by anti-vaxxers, withdrawn due to miscalculation
The calculations in the study by researchers at The University of Ottawa were used to promote the idea that the COVID-19 vaccine is... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 10, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists develop online calculator to predict how long senior citizens have left to live
A team at the University of Ottawa, in Ontario, Canada, developed the Risk Evaluation for Support: Predictions for Elder-Life in the Community Tool (RESPECT). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 7, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eight new studies to investigate COVID-19 variants of concern in Canada
(University of Ottawa) Eight new research projects are getting underway in Canada to investigate COVID-19 variants of concern (VOCs) and variants of interest (VOIs). These research projects span from investigating the social factors that may protect Indigenous peoples - or increase their vulnerability to - COVID-19 and VOCs, to the creation of a Canadian Wastewater Surveillance Database. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 6, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Dedicated journal edition on largest ever study on First Nations Food Security & Environment
(University of Ottawa) Newly published results highlight that many First Nations want access to traditional foods and environmental factors impact access to food and clean water. The study also highlights the successful partnership between First Nations peoples across Canada and academia. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Ontario students more likely to drive after consuming cannabis than alcohol
(University of Ottawa) Ontario students are more likely to get behind the wheel of a vehicle after smoking cannabis than drinking alcohol, a new study from researchers at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine has revealed. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Accomplished University of Ottawa professors earn Canada Research Chairs
(University of Ottawa) The University of Ottawa has been awarded four new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) that will strengthen its expertise in artificial intelligence, health and law, plus the renewal of two CRCs that will conduct leading-edge research in quantum communications and photonics. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
No health worries for children born to mothers given seasonal flu vaccine in pregnancy
(University of Ottawa) University of Ottawa/CHEO study reviewing 28,000 children over three-plus years following birth found no increased risk of early childhood health issues following exposure to seasonal flu vaccination during pregnancy (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - June 8, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Gender bias is real for women in family-owned businesses
(University of Ottawa) A study examining gender bias and family-owned businesses found daughters were rarely encouraged nor received support to pursue entrepreneurship education while sons mostly did. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 7, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
uOttawa, Wesley Clover launch Alacrity Ottawa to build new generation of Canadian tech entrepreneurs
(University of Ottawa) Unique collaboration builds on the proven Alacrity Global technology start-up model, combining academic learning with business, tech training and experienced mentorship to build the next generation of Canadian tech entrepreneurs and companies to leverage local expertise in 5G+ networking for applications such as MedTech, Cybersecurity, AI, transportation and more (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 28, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Canadian researchers studying effectiveness, safety of COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy
(University of Ottawa) Early real-world evidence has shown COVID-19 vaccines to be safe in pregnant people, but as the initial clinical trials did not include pregnant individuals, more data is required. The Government of Canada, through its COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF) and Vaccine Surveillance Reference Group (VSRG), is investing approximately $1.3 million for two Canadian research teams - including one from the CHEO Research Institute and the University of Ottawa - to further evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness in pregnant people. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Risks for Suicide, Self-Harm Up for Adult ICU Survivors
TUESDAY, May 11, 2021 -- The risks for suicide and self-harm are increased for survivors of critical illness, according to a study published online May 5 in The BMJ.
Shannon M. Fernando, M.D., from the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada, and... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 11, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
A Look at Three Decades of Real-World Mesothelioma Statistics
Despite clinical trials that often produce inflated expectations, real-world survival rates for pleural mesothelioma have failed to advance significantly over the past three decades, according to one recent study in Canada.
Celebrated treatment advances have fallen short for the average patient diagnosed with this rare cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.
“This is a story about a lack of progress. What we’ve seen is kind of underwhelming,” Dr. Paul Wheatley-Price, associate professor of medicine at University of Ottawa and thoracic oncologist at The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, told The Mesothelioma Center ...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - May 11, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Source Type: news
