News - Archive 2016

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The most viewed stories of 2016

  • Shelby Soke
  • 21 December 2016
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Top FoMD News Stories of 2016

  • Ross Neitz
  • 19 December 2016
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Five up-and-comers that left their mark in 2016

  • Laura Vega
  • 16 December 2016
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Avoiding over-the-counter heartburn meds could save cancer patients' lives

  • Laura Vega
  • 15 December 2016
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Making (sound) waves in the fight against cancer

  • Ross Neitz
  • 14 December 2016
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This week's Vitals: Answering the call to leadership in health care

  • Ross Neitz
  • 13 December 2016
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Investing in team approach to accelerate discovery of Huntington disease treatments

  • Shelby Soke
  • 13 December 2016
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When kidney care is a critical matter

  • Laura Vega
  • 12 December 2016
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Bringing life on Mars closer to reality

  • 9 December 2016
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Student-led CureCancer group talk men's health at second TIMbit Tuesday

  • FoMD News Staff with files by Cameron Smithers
  • 8 December 2016
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UAlberta projects garner $26.4M to tackle major Alberta challenges

  • 8 December 2016
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Q & A with Alberta's Family Physician of the Year: Paul Humphries

  • 7 December 2016
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This week's Vitals: Meet our new Canada Research Chairs

  • Shelby Soke
  • 6 December 2016
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Raising the curtain on effective doctor-patient dialogue

  • 5 December 2016
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UAlberta's newest Canada Research Chairs share $11.9 million in funding

  • 2 December 2016
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Drugs prevent heart damage during breast cancer treatment, study shows

  • Bryan Alary
  • 30 November 2016
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This week's Vitals: Men's health more than Movember

  • Shelby Soke
  • 29 November 2016
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Organ transplant pioneer made rejecting failure his life's work

  • 23 November 2016
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This week's Vitals: Heart and Stroke Foundation opens new office for lifesaving work

  • Shelby Soke
  • 22 November 2016
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Get by with a little help from a text

  • 18 November 2016
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Preventing children's pneumonia deaths, one breath at a time

  • Shelby Soke
  • 18 November 2016
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Four wheels to drive health research

  • Laura Vega
  • 17 November 2016
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Sock fight for 'the love of humankind'

  • Cheryl Deslaurier
  • 15 November 2016
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This week's Vitals: 'Change the world with a giving heart' this National Philanthropy Day

  • FoMD News Staff
  • 15 November 2016
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The past, present and bright future of a diabetes breakthrough

  • Ross Neitz
  • 14 November 2016
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Where is the cure for diabetes?

  • 14 November 2016
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Managing chronic diabetes wisely as a team

  • Department of Medicine News Staff
  • 10 November 2016
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Father's love motivates his fearless search for a cure

  • MJ Fell and Salena Kitteringham
  • 10 November 2016
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From missiles to milestones in medical research

  • Shelby Soke
  • 9 November 2016
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The unremitting pain of diabetic polyneuropathy

  • Department of Medicine News Staff
  • 9 November 2016
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This week's Vitals: Seeing the big picture of diabetes - One disease, seven approaches

  • Laura Vega
  • 8 November 2016
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JDRF and the University of Alberta work to one day make insulin injections a thing of the past

  • JDRF and FoMD staff
  • 7 November 2016
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How to save a life

  • Ross Neitz
  • 4 November 2016
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Students grow their mo with a goal of $10,000

  • 3 November 2016
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There's no place like home to boost stroke research

  • Shelby Soke
  • 3 November 2016
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The calling card of aggressive thyroid cancer

  • Ross Neitz
  • 2 November 2016
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To get the flu shot or not to get the flu shot?

  • 1 November 2016
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2016 Killam Laureates Honoured

  • 28 October 2016
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Treating disease from the core: cell therapy in Alberta

  • Shelby Soke with files from Ross Neitz
  • 27 October 2016
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Setting the gold standard

  • TEC Edmonton and FoMD News staff
  • 26 October 2016
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This week's Vitals: Med student's vision of inclusive health care lands Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award

  • Kirsten Bauer
  • 25 October 2016
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This week's Vitals: Affair of the Heart and minds that matter

  • Salena Kitteringham and Shelby Soke
  • 18 October 2016
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Dental Hygiene opens wide

  • Tarwinder Rai
  • 17 October 2016
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Future physicians tackle Canada's toughest health issues

  • Kirsten Bauer
  • 14 October 2016
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Killing the glamour of smoking in the name of health

  • 13 October 2016
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This week's Vitals: Viruses are put under the microscope at Science in the Cinema

  • Salena Kitteringham
  • 11 October 2016
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Q & A with Stephane Bourque and Shokrollah Elahi, two FoMD CIHR New Investigator Award Recipients

  • Shelby Soke
  • 5 October 2016
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M*A*S*H's Hawkeye coming to Edmonton

  • Michel Proulx
  • 4 October 2016
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This week's Vitals: Making strides beyond the classroom

  • FoMD Communications Staff
  • 4 October 2016
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Provincewide study looks at ways to keep seniors healthier

  • AHS Staff
  • 28 September 2016
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This week's Vitals: Five FoMD researchers honoured with prestigious national designations

  • Kirsten Bauer
  • 27 September 2016
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Evidence of success in primary care

  • Ross Neitz
  • 26 September 2016
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UAlberta staffers lauded for lending students a hand

  • 22 September 2016
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Babiuk wins 2016 World Agriculture Prize

  • 21 September 2016
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This week's Vitals: Welcome back, Alumni!

  • FoMD Communications Staff
  • 20 September 2016
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Scientists aim to slow fast growth of cancer cells

  • Ross Neitz
  • 19 September 2016
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CNTRP International Summit promotes FoMD transplant expertise, forging collaboration

  • Shelby Soke
  • 15 September 2016
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This week's Vitals: FoMD student life, a vibrant scene

  • FoMD Communications
  • 13 September 2016
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A Few Small Steps Can Make a Big Difference

  • Danica Erickson
  • 12 September 2016
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Better health care could be just a matter of time

  • Laura Vega
  • 9 September 2016
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Newly discovered infectious prion structure shines light on mad cow disease

  • Shelby Soke
  • 8 September 2016
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This week's Vitals: Five facts about Joseph B. Martin that will surprise you

  • Laura Vega with files from Ross Neitz
  • 6 September 2016
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We need a wake-up call

  • Alison Dotinga with files from Ross Neitz
  • 1 September 2016
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This week's Vitals: The Medical Students' Association prepares for Shinerama 2016

  • Shelby Soke
  • 30 August 2016
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From alfalfa to ivy

  • Ross Neitz
  • 30 August 2016
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Canadian doctors first to implant cancer patients' thyroids in their arms (CTV)

  • 30 August 2016
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UAlberta honouree fights for rights of others, without batting an eye

  • 29 August 2016
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A young leader's passion for research and health care

  • Alison Dotinga with files by Laura Vega
  • 26 August 2016
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This week's Vitals: Taking UAlberta medical excellence beyond our borders

  • Laura Vega & Ross Neitz
  • 23 August 2016
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Rewriting our DNA

  • Shelby Soke
  • 17 August 2016
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Kids learn to make healthy life choices from Rockin' Docs

  • Ross Neitz
  • 10 August 2016
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This week's Vitals: Congratulating our CIHR Project Grant Recipients

  • Shelby Soke
  • 9 August 2016
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Changing the landscape of treatment for chronic diseases

  • Cheryl Deslaurier
  • 9 August 2016
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New blood test identifies women at risk of preterm delivery as early as 17 weeks of pregnancy

  • Dwayne Brunner with files from Ross Neitz
  • 5 August 2016
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Greener labs are the way of the future

  • Alison Dotinga
  • 4 August 2016
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This week's Vitals: Keeping patients ready to fight for Gold

  • Laura Vega
  • 2 August 2016
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This Week's Vitals: Leading the fight against hepatitis

  • 28 July 2016
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Erasing hepatitis C: Is Canada doing enough?

  • 28 July 2016
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Canada needs hepatitis C blood screening, national strategy

  • 28 July 2016
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Maintaining a healthy heart through bile acids

  • Ross Neitz
  • 27 July 2016
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Using metabolomics to prevent colon cancer

  • Ross Neitz
  • 21 July 2016
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This Week's Vitals: Meet three U of A spin-off companies led by FoMD researchers bringing Edmonton a step closer to becoming Health City

  • Shelby Soke
  • 19 July 2016
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The Women & Children's Health Research Institute, through the eyes of Sandy Davidge

  • FoMD Communications staff
  • 14 July 2016
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This week's Vitals: Summer is time for fun and… swollen ankles?

  • Laura Vega
  • 12 July 2016
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Saved by the sun

  • Department of Pediatrics news staff
  • 28 June 2016
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Passion for research fueled by the Heart and Stroke Foundation

  • Shelby Soke
  • 27 June 2016
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Saving lives through stroke research

  • Shelby Soke
  • 27 June 2016
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Walk on your tiptoes, walk on your heels

  • 24 June 2016
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A Brighter Future for Women and Children

  • 22 June 2016
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Combined $54.5M gift creates a brighter future for children and women

  • 22 June 2016
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This week's Vitals: Climb to Mt. Cardinal marks anniversary of FoMD's Aboriginal Health Studies

  • Alison Dotinga and FoMD communication staff
  • 21 June 2016
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Better care coming at a fast PACE

  • Laura Vega
  • 20 June 2016
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Vitamin D may not be the great solution to health problems

  • Ross Neitz
  • 16 June 2016
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There and back again: from the Olympic podium to the convocation stage

  • 15 June 2016
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This week's Vitals: A new tradition for Radiation Therapy students and all paths lead to Edmonton

  • Shelby Soke
  • 14 June 2016
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Tony Fields honoured for leadership in cancer care

  • 13 June 2016
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Dental school is a stage of life, not a destination

  • Tarwinder Rai
  • 10 June 2016
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Message from the dean: Convocation 2016

  • 10 June 2016
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'Determination and motivation' the success formula for Tanzanian graduate

  • Julia Jones-Bourque
  • 10 June 2016
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Staying on top of her game

  • Cheryl Deslaurier
  • 9 June 2016
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Family medicine a family affair for MD grad

  • Alison Dotinga
  • 8 June 2016
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This week's Vitals: Convocation week and pediatric research distinctions

  • FoMD Communication Staff
  • 7 June 2016
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Leadership, community are key for MD grad

  • Shelby Soke
  • 6 June 2016
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Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry's 2016 Alumni Award winners

  • FoMD Communications Staff
  • 1 June 2016
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This week's Vitals: 5 things you may not know about smoking, explained by an expert

  • FoMD Communications Staff
  • 31 May 2016
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Empowering pediatric pain medicine

  • FoMD News staff
  • 30 May 2016
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Between art studios and hospital corridors: a different look into medicine

  • Laura Vega
  • 27 May 2016
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Ralf Schirrmacher: shaping the future of medical diagnosis through radiochemistry

  • Alison Dotinga
  • 26 May 2016
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An apple a day...

  • Ali Dotinga and Ross Neitz
  • 25 May 2016
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This Week's Vitals - Our top social media hits, cell biology breakthroughs and more

  • FoMD Staff
  • 24 May 2016
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Firefighters returning from Fort McMurray undergo health tests at mobile lab (Edmonton Journal)

  • 19 May 2016
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This week's vitals: Back to the beginning - Dr. Dennis Slamon visits Edmonton for public lecture on May 24

  • FoMD Communications Staff
  • 17 May 2016
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Orange is the new fear

  • 16 May 2016
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The flight out

  • 13 May 2016
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First eukaryote without mitochondria redefines our limb on tree of life (CBC)

  • 12 May 2016
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This week's Vitals: Science in the Cinema and Citizen-Scientist-Astronaut under the sea

  • FoMD Communications Staff
  • 11 May 2016
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The cure to chronic Clostridium difficile infection may be in somebody else's gut

  • Laura Vega
  • 10 May 2016
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How do you evacuate a hospital?

  • 9 May 2016
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Wound dressing inventor wins inaugural Governor General's Innovation Award

  • Richard Cairney
  • 9 May 2016
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How to cope with the emotional storm after the fire

  • 9 May 2016
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Many Fort McMurray evacuees likely to suffer post-traumatic stress, Edmonton Psychologist says (Edmonton Journal)

  • 6 May 2016
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This week's vitals: 5 things to know about Sir Paul Nurse

  • FoMD communications staff
  • 3 May 2016
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Message from the Dean

  • Dr. Richard N. Fedorak
  • 29 April 2016
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There's no money attached to this 'charge'

  • Cheryl Deslaurier
  • 29 April 2016
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Young carers: a hidden population

  • Danica Erickson
  • 28 April 2016
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Medical students awarded for work with LGBTQ community

  • 28 April 2016
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Leading the way to more inclusive health

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 28 April 2016
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Oral health important in head and neck cancer

  • Cheryl Deslaurier
  • 21 April 2016
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Question and Answer with Michael Overduin

  • FoMD News staff
  • 20 April 2016
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Alberta therapy ranch offers new hope for sexually abused children

  • 19 April 2016
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'2 people had to die for me to still be here': Transplant recipient becomes transplant surgeon

  • 18 April 2016
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Join us for FoMD FoT Spots

  • Shelby Soke
  • 18 April 2016
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Changing the trajectory of child sexual abuse survivors

  • Alison Dotinga and Ross Neitz
  • 18 April 2016
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Game changer for cancer

  • 15 April 2016
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Faculty member receives Amgen Stewart Whitman CLC Young Investigator Award

  • Shelby Soke
  • 14 April 2016
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Helping Canadians breathe easier

  • Amy Hewko and Ross Neitz
  • 13 April 2016
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Making safe water even better

  • Laura Vega
  • 12 April 2016
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Naloxone not enough to solve fentanyl crisis

  • Scott Lingley
  • 11 April 2016
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Burning mouth syndrome

  • 7 April 2016
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$2.1 million AIHS Chair awarded to Faculty researcher

  • Alison Dotinga and Ross Neitz
  • 7 April 2016
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Advancing health research through Canada's fastest supercomputer

  • FoMD News staff
  • 5 April 2016
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'Cheaters' prosper sooner after rotator cuff surgery

  • FoMD News staff
  • 5 April 2016
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New research network aims to improve the health of Canadians living with chronic disease

  • FoMD News staff
  • 5 April 2016
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Controlling "bad cholesterol" production could prevent growth of tumours, study finds

  • Laura Vega
  • 4 April 2016
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Twenty minutes in space

  • 1 April 2016
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Patient Immersion Experience: the other side of chronic illness

  • Laura Vega
  • 31 March 2016
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Creating ADAM: a new beginning for the teaching of pharmacokinetics

  • Ross Neitz
  • 31 March 2016
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Pain you can't escape

  • Cheryl Deslaurier
  • 29 March 2016
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Street Store for the Homeless encourages humanism in medicine

  • Shelby Soke
  • 23 March 2016
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Helping kids breathe easier

  • Greg Kennedy
  • 23 March 2016
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Erasing hepatitis C: Is Canada doing enough?

  • Bryan Alary
  • 23 March 2016
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Life & Times: 'Gentleman doctor' changed birthing for the better

  • 22 March 2016
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My father was diagnosed with dementia. When will he be forced to stop driving?

  • 15 March 2016
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Fixing botched stomach-shrinking surgeries performed in other countries costs Canadians millions

  • 15 March 2016
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Closer to a cure? Edmonton diabetics part of world's first experiment with insulin implants

  • 14 March 2016
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Zooming in on problem proteins

  • Michael Brown
  • 14 March 2016
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Faculty researcher awarded $750,000 in funding from CIHR

  • Ali Dotinga
  • 3 March 2016
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Improving emergency care for children with autism

  • 3 March 2016
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Platelet-rich plasma injections may lead to improvements in pain, function and tissue healing, U of A study finds

  • Laurie Wang
  • 2 March 2016
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Shining a spotlight on the issue of unresponsive wakefulness

  • News Staff
  • 25 February 2016
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Helping seniors get around town

  • News Staff
  • 24 February 2016
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Zika virus researchers join forces to develop handheld detection device

  • Michael Brown
  • 19 February 2016
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Anti-inflammatory drug may prevent rapid aging in people with HIV

  • Cheryl Deslaurier and Tarwinder Rai
  • 18 February 2016
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UAlberta opens new lab to support the inventive, collaborative research program of new CAIP Chair

  • Amy Hewko
  • 18 February 2016
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man comes to Alberta after changes allow anonymous live liver donations

  • 17 February 2016
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Common drug may slow accelerated aging of HIV:U of A study

  • 17 February 2016
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Edmonton healers and hackers join forces

  • 16 February 2016
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Femtosecond Laser Welds Neurons In Vitro

  • 16 February 2016
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Dentistry students raise $60,000 for local charity

  • Tarwinder Rai
  • 11 February 2016
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The science of a sigh

  • Ross Neitz and UCLA news staff
  • 8 February 2016
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Improving care for Canada's newest citizens

  • Amy Hewko
  • 8 February 2016
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Faculty celebrates funding competition success

  • Amy Hewko
  • 4 February 2016
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The shape of the future: Is obesity a crisis or just the latest stage of evolution?

  • 3 February 2016
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Zika: The new global health terror

  • 3 February 2016
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Are fecal transplants the future of medicine?

  • 3 February 2016
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A journey of another kind

  • 3 February 2016
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Growing number of Canadians with heart failure putting strain on economy: report

  • 2 February 2016
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Monday News Roundup: Feb. 1, 2016

  • 1 February 2016
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Calgarian contracts Zika virus

  • 29 January 2016
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The race against Zika

  • 28 January 2016
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Jack Jhamandas appointed as vice-president, research, for the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada

  • AFMC Staff
  • 27 January 2016
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Alberta lab joins Zika virus fight

  • 27 January 2016
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Opioids help with pain, not long term function: U of A study

  • 24 January 2016
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Text4Mood for a positive message from Alberta Health Services

  • 20 January 2016
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Medical student plays host to Humanism in Medicine Film Festival

  • Ross Neitz
  • 19 January 2016
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UAlberta new home of the CIHR's Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health

  • Ross Neitz
  • 18 January 2016
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Who watches academic watchdogs?

  • 17 January 2016
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Life and Times: 'She was the go-to girl for everything'

  • 15 January 2016
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Five questions: Verna Yiu is new interim CEO of Alberta Health Services

  • 15 January 2016
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Your poor diet might hurt your grandchildren's guts

  • 13 January 2016
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17 'healthy habits' you're better off giving up

  • 13 January 2016
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Whole genome sequencing can help pinpoint diagnoses

  • 13 January 2016
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Priorities for learning

  • 13 January 2016
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Manitoba sets new rule banning non-prescription codeine

  • 13 January 2016
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Gaps in care for child trauma and stress after injury

  • News Staff
  • 13 January 2016
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Day in History, Jan. 13, 1963: Edmonton doctor behind first study that found smoking is hard on the heart

  • 13 January 2016
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Hands-on autopsy workshops offered by University of Alberta grad

  • 12 January 2016
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Opinion: Alberta ideal as centre for world-class research and discovery

  • 11 January 2016
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Microbiome seeding begins in the womb

  • Marshall Beck, AllerGen
  • 8 January 2016
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Lives Lived: Donald (Neil) Walker

  • 5 January 2016
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Alberta's oil slump could trigger a spike in obesity rates as thousands cope with layoffs, specialists say

  • 3 January 2016

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