Médias Anglais
Week of September 08 – 14
Folic acid does not prevent deadly pregnancy complication, Ottawa-based study finds (Ottawa Citizen)
Dr. Mark Walker, Faculty of Medicine, is the lead author of a study concluding that high doses of folic acid do not protect women against one of the deadliest pregnancy complications — contrary to a widely-held belief.
Medical students schooled in Indigenous issues (CBC News)
Students entering the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine were welcomed Wednesday with a special ceremony on Victoria Island, a traditional meeting place of the Algonquin people.
Revolutionary immunotherapy research wages war on cancer (Biotechnology Focus)
Dr. Michele Ardolino, Faculty of Medicine, co-led a study that shows for the first time that often-overlooked immune cells called Natural Killer cells play a crucial role in responding to checkpoint inhibitors.
New technology aims to prevent drug overdoses (Affaires Universitaires/University Affairs)
This article highlights a research project by Dr. Lynne Leonard, Faculty of Medicine, using a mass spectrometer at the supervised injection site at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre.
Prediction of suicide risk based on tweets in the works at Royal Ottawa Hospital (Ottawa Citizen)
Dr. Zachary Kaminsky, Faculty of Medicine, is developing an algorithm that uses artificial intelligence to predict suicide risk based on tweets.
Should You Be Using a Blood Pressure Monitor? (Yahoo! US)
Dr. Swapnil Hiremath, Faculty of Medicine, comments on research suggesting the adoption of home blood pressure monitoring.
Week of September 01 – 07
Media Still Floundering on Responsible Reporting of Suicide (Medscape)
Dr. Ian Colman, Faculty of Medicine, comments on how news media report suicide.
Walk of Life supports cardiac rehab in Cornwall (North Bay Nugget)
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute provides cardiac rehabilitation services at the Seaway Valley Community Health Centre.
