Canadian researchers and international collaborators seek to improve the care of people living with dementia and their families

Published: 14 March 2019

Receiving a diagnosis of dementia can be a disorienting experience for the person diagnosed and their families. A diagnosis often leaves the person and their families searching for information and...

Canadian brain bank network to advance research on Alzheimer’s disease

Published: 23 January 2018

More than 400,000 Canadians aged 65 and over live with diagnosed dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, which accounts for approximately 70 percent of cases. The cause of this degenerative brain...

Diabetes drug found not to cause pancreatic cancer

Published: 22 February 2016

By Tod Hoffman, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research...

Trans-generations (CIHR Café scientifique)

Published: 11 January 2016

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF) presents a Café scientifique titled "Trans-generations: Trans History, Health,...

Top award for spinal cord injury research

Published: 16 November 2015

Innovative research aims to improve the quality of life for those living with spinal cord injuries

No more ‘sugar-coating’ on invasive fungus

Published: 5 November 2015

There are believed to be around 1.5 million different species of fungus on Earth, but one mold, known as Aspergillus fumigatus, causes the majority of cases of invasive aspergillosis – a...

BEWARE: off-label prescription drug use

Published: 2 November 2015

A new study led by researchers in Canada sheds light on the effects of off-label use of prescription drugs with the first-ever investigation in adult populations.

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