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New screening app for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes

HN Summary • AI-powered screening tool: Researchers at UHN developed the Hypermobility Assessment Tool (HAT), an AI-driven smartphone app approved by Health Canada that uses a phone camera to measure joint flexibility and automatically generate a Beighton Score to screen for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS). • Improving...

Some cancer patients get heart damage during chemotherapy and some don’t: Here’s why

Two discoveries by U of A researchers open the door to new treatments that could protect heart cells while slowing down cancer cells Sometimes the unintended consequences of a treatment can seem worse than the disease. That’s certainly the case for patients who develop chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity...
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Colour coding what’s happening in the tumour microenvironment

HN Summary • Revealing the hidden tumour environment: Dr. Ralph DaCosta’s team at UHN’s Princess...

Concordia researchers create faster way to trace how diseases spread indoors

HN Summary • New tracking method developed: Concordia researchers created a faster way to monitor...

Type 1 diabetes in children can be linked to other types of diabetes in parents

HN Summary • Parental diabetes linked to childhood type 1 diabetes:  New research shows that...

Predicting Kidney Risk and Survival in Diabetes Mellitus

Scientists reveal how simple blood markers predict risks of kidney disease and death in...

Investigating leukemia cell lineages

B lymphocytes (B-cells) are a type of white blood cell important for immune function....

Childhood cancer care is closer to home thanks to POGO’s Satellite Clinic Network

A childhood cancer diagnosis changes every aspect of life as families know it. For...

TELUS Health for Goodâ„¢ and Victoria Cool Aid Society launch series of hepatitis C testing events in Victoria

Today, Victoria Cool Aid Society and TELUS Health for Good launched a series of hepatitis C testing...

Melanoma Canada is proud to announce, the Mole Mobile.

Melanoma Canada is proud to announce, the Mole Mobile, mobile skin cancer screening unit on...

World-first clinical trial confirms exercise improves survival for colon cancer

A groundbreaking clinical trial funded by the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) shows that physical...

Canada needs to move from patchwork to progress to unlock the full potential of our national framework for diabetes

Over four million Canadians live with diabetes – with many more undiagnosed – and...

Partnering to improve outcomes for high-risk breast cancer patients

The Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS)’ Centre for Data Science and Digital Health (CREATE) is...

Prostate cancer discovery opens door to more tailored treatments

Prostate cancer has distinct genetic properties in different groups of men that can be...

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New screening app for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes

HN Summary • AI-powered screening tool: Researchers at UHN developed the Hypermobility Assessment Tool (HAT),...

AI-driven blood testing could save billions of dollars

HN Summary 1. AI-powered precision blood testing: Dr. Guillaume Paré and his team at Hamilton...

Rethinking access control in healthcare: Infection prevention meets security

Infection prevention has always been a cornerstone of healthcare, but recent years have brought...

Health and social data are essential infrastructure – and big science

Canada has long invested heavily in big science projects like telescopes and particle accelerators — but largely ignored health and social data as a form of critical infrastructure. In a recent commentary, Michael Wolfson argues it’s time to change that. He says health and social data are essential to economic growth and effective policymaking, yet provinces continue to withhold valuable datasets that could drive national research and innovation. Wolfson calls for the federal government to use its constitutional powers to mandate better data sharing and to reform research funding so large-scale, pan-Canadian data initiatives can finally take shape.