International breast cancer prevention study launches in the United States and Canada
Boston-March 30, 2005 Today, a new clinical trial evaluating a novel approach to breast cancer prevention launched in the United States and Canada. Called the ExCel research study, this is the first North American clinical trial to evaluate the role of an aromatase inhibitor in the prevention of breast cancer. ......Coordinated by the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group...Influenza vaccination programmes for children in USA and Canada based on little evidence
Children in the USA and Canada are being vaccinated against influenza without adequate proof that it will work, concludes a study published in this week's issue of THE LANCET.... ...Most immunisation campaigns target people aged 65 years or older. The USA and Canada have recently started vaccinating children, including those aged 6 to 24 months, in the hope of reducing disease spread, admissions...First-ever safety study of medical cannabis use in Canada launched
MONTREAL, 8 December 2004 -- A first-of-its-kind study of safety issues surrounding the medical use of cannabis has just been launched. Known as the COMPASS study (Cannabis for the management of pain: assessment of safety study), the research initiative will follow 1400 chronic pain patients, 350 of whom use cannabis as part of their pain management strategy, for a one-year period. Seven particip...Safer drug prescribing for seniors in nursing homes: Canada leads the way
Toronto, CANADA -- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care is the first long-term care facility in Canada, and one of the first in North America, to take a major leap forward in the use of health information technology to improve prescribing and follow-up of medications to institutionalized elderly.... ...Troubling evidence has emerged in recent years from Canadian and American studies that many senio...United States, Canada cooperate on study of fracture repair techniques
A large United States/Canada cooperative project is underway to resolve differences of opinion on the best way to repair the most common long bone fracture in the human body. The three-year study of the repair of fractures of the tibia (the larger of the two lower leg bones) will enroll 900 patients at 10 centers in the United States, 10 centers in Canada, and 1 center in Europe. Co-funding the...Canada lags in use of blood conservation techniques
The use of blood conservation techniques in elective surgery reduces the risk of infection and transfusion reactions that result from using allogeneic blood products, but Brian Feagan and colleagues report that use of these techniques remains low in Canada. ...The authors reviewed 4535 medical records from patients who underwent elective orthopedic procedures at 19 Canadian hospitals between Jun... . .The latest developments in Canadian arthritis research as well as reports on initiatives to speed up arthritis research, drug testing and drug approval will be discussed at The Canadian Arthritis Network (CAN)'s Annual Conference 2000.. .The conference, Arthritis Research - From Bench to Bedside, will be held in Toronto from June 17 to 20 at the Courtyard by Marriott, 475 Yonge St.. .CAN w....Washington, DC, (PAHO) April 8, 1999: Immunization experts from all over the.Americas will meet April 12-16 in Ottawa, Canada to look at vaccine issues and.chart the course of immunization programs in the Americas.. .The Pan American Health Organization's Technical Advisory Group on Vaccine.Preventable Diseases brings together experts in vaccines, disease surveillance,.laboratories, research, q....TORONTO -- The Hospital for Sick Children (HSC) today unveiled a state-of-the-art.supercomputer that will allow scientists to dramatically accelerate research.into diseases that affect children. The Hospital's new Silicon Graphics Origin.2000 is the most powerful supercomputer of its type in Canada and the largest in.the world devoted exclusively to health and biological research in the public....