Picking up a prescription has never been easier than it is today. Within a few minutes of leaving the doctor’s office, a patient can have their antibiotic, oral contraceptive, or asthma inhaler from the local pharmacy and walk away with the medication they need. But how much does that patient really know about the drug they’re about to take? And how much does the physician really know about...
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About two years ago, Dr. Philippe Gros, a McGill University professor in the Department of Biochemistry and a Principal Investigator in the McGill Life Sciences Complex, described a mouse mutant that was immunodeficient and hypersensitive to the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine and to tuberculosis (TB). In this model, Gros’s team had found that the immunodeficiency was caused by...
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In an age when personalized medicine is within reach, a one-size-fits-all approach just won’t cut it. A group of North American researchers have identified two modifier genes in the genomes of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) that may be responsible for variation in disease severity. This is the first study to show evidence that modifier genes affect the severity of cystic fibrosis.
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The next Annual General Meeting of Canadians for Health Research will be held at the Montreal Children’s Hospital on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 9 a.m.
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Researchers directed by Dr. Laurent Mottron at the University of Montreal's Centre for Excellence in Pervasive Development Disorders (CETEDUM) have determined that people with autism concentrate more brain resources in the areas associated with visual detection and identification, and conversely, have less activity in the areas used to plan and control thoughts and actions. This might explain...
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The mystery began in 1976. Adolfo Pampena was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that caused a strange combination of symptoms and was associated with the occurrence of multiple tumours in his stomach and colon. His medical team was stumped and was unable to answer the most important questions for him and his family: the cause of his disease and the risk for future generations.
Now,...
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The past year was dominated by the entwined themes of communications and outreach, as our organization staked out new frontiers in its prospective profile among the membership as well as the general public. The centrepiece of this activity was the 35th Anniversary edition of Future Health, which consisted entirely of 35 original research stories provided by a specially selected external editor...
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Researchers in Newfoundland have cracked the genetic code of a sudden death cardiac killer. The excitement among cardiologists concerns a rare genetic condition - arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC).
As a result, they have developed a unique prevention program in which people with no symptoms, but with a suspect gene and a family history, are being implanted...
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If the passage of 35 years marks a full generation, then Canadians for Health Research is pleased to visit this milestone as an organization that has withstood the passage of time. In some respects, little has changed. People in this country certainly value the principles and the promise of health care as much as they did a generation ago. But the everyday discussion of research material...
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While we hope you find this current issue of Future Health provides the usual dose of compelling reading, we would also like to give you some advance notice about the next two issues of the publication. By way of marking the 35th anniversary of Canadians for Health Research, we have assembled a team with some of the country’s leading medical writers, who will be examining leading issues in a...