U of T researchers describe 'Joe Canadian' tongue
New imaging research about tongue shape and volume before and after surgery should ultimately help surgeons decide how to best reconstruct tongue defects resulting from cancer surgery, says a team of researchers at the University of Toronto. ......Tim Bressmann, a professor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology, and his colleague Jonathan Irish, a professor in the Department of Otolary...Canadian neurologist wins highest award as American Stroke Association honors five
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2 One of North America's foremost neurologists and stroke researchers, Vladimir Hachinski, M.D., D.Sc., professor of neurology at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada, is the recipient of the American Stroke Association's highest honor the Thomas Willis Award for 2005.... Hachinski will receive the award and deliver the prestigious Willis Lecture today at t...Canadian researchers' important discovery in HIV research
CANVAC, the Canadian Network for Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, is proud to announce the development of a new method to assess how well the thymus (an organ located at the base of the neck) works and the discovery of a functional abnormality of this organ in HIV-infected individuals.... ...The team of investigators led by Dr. Rafick-Pierre Skaly, professor at Universit de Montral, scientist a...Impact of 2002 Canadian forest fires felt 700 miles away in Baltimore, Maryland
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health analyzed how airborne particulate matter from forest fires in the Canadian providence of Quebec traveled more than 700 miles to homes in Baltimore, Md. The study authors found a dramatic increase in outdoor and indoor fine particulate matter an atmospheric pollutant that is harmful to people with respiratory diseases in Baltimo...Canadian researchers to develop 'smart drug' to repair psychiatric disorders
"Smart" drugs capable of targeting specific brain cells to control psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia may be ready for early clinical trials within three years, with the launch of a $1.5 million project to take place at the Brain Research Centre (BRC), a partnership of the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI).... ...The new dru...McMaster named Canadian Research University of the Year
Hamilton, ON, Nov. 4, 2004 McMaster University in Hamilton, ON has earned the designation Canadian Research University of the Year based on its ability to attract and capitalize on research income....... The Research University of the Year was announced today by Research Inforsource Inc. when it released its annual Top 50 Research Universities report. The rankings are based on total sponsored r...Improving patient safety has become a major priority in hospital care. This issue of CMAJ features the results from the first-ever comprehensive study examining the incidence of adverse events (AEs) in Canadian acute care hospitals. ...Drs. Ross Baker, Peter Norton and colleagues found that 7.5% of patients experienced an adverse event and of that number 37% were judged to have been preventable....Patient safety study provides first national estimate of adverse events in Canadian hospitals
...This release is also available in The first national study of patient safety in Canadian hospitals estimates that 7.5 per cent of people hospitalized in Canada have experienced an adverse event as a result of their care.... ..."The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events in hospital patients in Canada", to be published in the May 25 edition of the Canadian Medical Asso...Canadian doctors don't know costs of prescribed treatments
For the most part, family physicians in British Columbia aren't even close when they guess the costs of the treatments and tests they prescribe for their patients, according to a new study published in the journal Canadian Family Physician.... ...Seventy-three per cent of the doctors surveyed could not estimate the costs of their orders to patients within 25 per cent of the actual costs....New Canadian study demonstrates clear survival benefit of treatment in trials and at large centres
Hamburg, Germany: A new Canadian study has found that breast cancer patients who were treated according to accepted standards of care or who took part in clinical trials were from 30% to 60% less likely to die from any cause during a seven-year follow up period....... Lead researcher Dr Nicole Hbert-Croteau told the 4th European Breast Cancer Conference today (Friday 19 March) that the findings...Canadian discovery promises treatment for HIV dementia
VANCOUVER, CANADA -- Millions of HIV patients who suffer from dementia now have hope of a treatment, thanks to a breakthrough discovery by Canadian researchers. ... ...Scientists from the University of Calgary in Alberta and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver have found that HIV triggers an enzyme in white blood cells that kills nerve cells in the brain. The enzyme, known as Metallo...Most Canadian hospitals below recommended standards
A national survey by a medical researcher at Queen's University conducted prior to last spring's deadly SARS outbreak in Toronto shows that as many as 80 per cent of hospitals across Canada fall seriously short in preventing patients from getting hospital infections.... ..."This is a tragedy and very disturbing. The results clearly show that we need to be doing a lot more to prevent hospital-ac...Innovative Canadian companies receive funding to improve air quality
(July 28, 2003 - CALGARY) A consortium consisting of NOVA Chemicals, the Alberta Research Council Inc. (ARC) and the University of Waterloo is one of seven groups approved for first-round funding by Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) to develop innovative technologies to improve emission reductions and air quality. Overall contribution to the three-year project from all parties amou...Injury death rate for Canadian farm children aged 1-6 higher than national average
The injury death rate for young children who live on farms is almost twice that for all young children in Canada, according to a study released today by the Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program (CAISP), a national initiative coordinated from Queen's that monitors and identifies farm injury patterns.... ...The study, which spans a period from 1990 to 2000, shows an average of 10 child...Profiles of myocardial infarction among South Asian Canadians
South Asian Canadians (those from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) have higher rates of myocardial infarction (MI) than Canadians of European origin. ...Exploring these differences, Dr. Sonia Anand and colleagues studied 553 South Asians and 553 non-South Asians matched by age, sex, discharge date and hospital of admission. The groups were compared in terms of presentation characterist...Budget received mixed reviews from Canadian Dental Association
OttawaMinister of Finance Paul Martin appeared before the House of Commons today to deliver the first budget in more than 18 months. As expected, the key elements of the budget focused on increasing funding to security and infrastructure. Of the approximately $8 billion in new spending, two items were given some attention that support the Canadian Dental Associations position and recommendatio...Minister Of Health launches Canadian Institutes of Health Research
.OTTAWA -- June 7, 2000 -- Allan Rock, Minister of Health, today launched the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and announced Dr. Alan Bernstein, the first President and the new Governing Council. The Minister also announced more than $ 65 million in programs to build capacity and encourage health research in Canada. . ."The launch of CI...