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Studying the power of inclusive language in health care
August 9, 2022 by Maureen Lawlor
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Racialized physicians call for race-based performance data on medical training and careers
August 3, 2022 by Steven Ma & Erin Beaulieu
In a newly published commentary, Anjali Menezes and co-authors call upon Canadian medical schools and institutions to begin collecting race-based performance data.
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Histamine-producing gut bacteria can trigger chronic abdominal pain
July 27, 2022 by Fram Dinshaw
Researchers from McMaster University and Queen’s University have discovered a gut bacterial ‘super-producer’ of histamine that can cause pain flare-ups in some patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
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Moderna vaccines better protect long-term care home residents
July 26, 2022 by Fram Dinshaw
Moderna vaccines are better than Pfizer in protecting residents of long-term care (LTC) homes from COVID-19 Omicron infections, say McMaster University researchers.
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Antivirals used for non-severe COVID-19 may reduce hospitalizations and deaths
July 25, 2022 by Fram Dinshaw
Antiviral drugs nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (known as Paxlovid) and molnupiravir may reduce the risk of hospitalization and death when used to treat non-severe COVID-19
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Adjusting diet has pros and cons for treating eczema, study says
July 19, 2022 by Fram Dinshaw
People with mild or moderate eczema may gain some relief from their condition by adjusting their diets
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Re-imagining public engagement in health policy
July 14, 2022
The Public Engagement in Health Policy Project, an initiative funded by the Future of Canada Project at McMaster, examines how public engagement is conducted in Canada, identifying gaps and opportunities that will help define what public engagement should look like in the future.
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GTA South Asian communities disproportionately hit by COVID-19
July 5, 2022 by Fram Dinshaw
A COVID CommUNITY – South Asian study, led by McMaster University researchers has found that South Asian communities living in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) suffered disproportionately from COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic.
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Parminder Raina, pioneer in research on aging, appointed to Order of Canada
June 29, 2022 by Fram Dinshaw
McMaster professor Parminder Raina has been named a member of the Order of Canada for his research on aging and its impact on health and disease.
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McMaster research and support to address pandemic trauma boosted with $4.5M
June 27, 2022 by Fram Dinshaw
McMaster University researchers are receiving more than $4.5 million in federal funding to support projects related to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among health-care workers related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pediatrics resident was known as warm, joyful and ambitious
August 2, 2022
Candace Nayman, a third-year medical resident at McMaster University training to become a pediatrician, died July 28 at the age of 27.
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Tributes flow in for John Bienenstock
August 2, 2022
John Bienenstock, known internationally as a visionary physician, scientist, academic and a leader at McMaster University, is receiving tributes from his university colleagues. He died July 25 at age 85.
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Paul Links becomes acting chair of psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences
July 22, 2022
McMaster University professor Paul Links is taking over as acting chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences on Sept. 1
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Family Medicine partners with new Indigenous health-care centre
July 20, 2022
McMaster University’s Department of Family Medicine is partnering with the De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre that will be located at a new Biindigen Well-Being Centre on Britannia Avenue in Hamilton.
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New professor launching burn injury research program at McMaster
July 12, 2022 by Fram Dinshaw
A burns specialist who aims to use 3D-printed skin and stem cells to treat people with severe burns has joined McMaster University as a professor of surgery.
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Project led by Robin Lennox recognized with the President’s Award for Community-Engaged Research
July 8, 2022 by Daily News
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Violinist turned doctor masters the 'music' of medicine
July 6, 2022 by Fram Dinshaw
Siobhan Deshauer is a McMaster University graduate as well as a YouTube superstar
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Professor Emerita Karin von Schilling dies at 93
June 23, 2022
Karin von Schilling, a McMaster University School of Nursing (SON) professor who seeded problem-based learning internationally, died June 10.
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Studying the power of inclusive language in health care
August 9, 2022 by Maureen Lawlor
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Racialized physicians call for race-based performance data on medical training and careers
August 3, 2022 by Steven Ma & Erin Beaulieu
In a newly published commentary, Anjali Menezes and co-authors call upon Canadian medical schools and institutions to begin collecting race-based performance data.
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Histamine-producing gut bacteria can trigger chronic abdominal pain
July 27, 2022 by Fram Dinshaw
Researchers from McMaster University and Queen’s University have discovered a gut bacterial ‘super-producer’ of histamine that can cause pain flare-ups in some patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
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Moderna vaccines better protect long-term care home residents
July 26, 2022 by Fram Dinshaw
Moderna vaccines are better than Pfizer in protecting residents of long-term care (LTC) homes from COVID-19 Omicron infections, say McMaster University researchers.
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Antivirals used for non-severe COVID-19 may reduce hospitalizations and deaths
July 25, 2022 by Fram Dinshaw
Antiviral drugs nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (known as Paxlovid) and molnupiravir may reduce the risk of hospitalization and death when used to treat non-severe COVID-19
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Adjusting diet has pros and cons for treating eczema, study says
July 19, 2022 by Fram Dinshaw
People with mild or moderate eczema may gain some relief from their condition by adjusting their diets
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Re-imagining public engagement in health policy
July 14, 2022
The Public Engagement in Health Policy Project, an initiative funded by the Future of Canada Project at McMaster, examines how public engagement is conducted in Canada, identifying gaps and opportunities that will help define what public engagement should look like in the future.
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GTA South Asian communities disproportionately hit by COVID-19
July 5, 2022 by Fram Dinshaw
A COVID CommUNITY – South Asian study, led by McMaster University researchers has found that South Asian communities living in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) suffered disproportionately from COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic.
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Public health dean is Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor
February 22, 2022
The dean of a school of public health, known for his rigor in research methods and uncompromisingly truthful communication of research findings, will be the 2022 Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor hosted by the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact. Lectures are March 8, 9 and 11.
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Conference will rethink clinical reasoning
February 14, 2022
Roughly 120 clinicians, patient advocates, students and research managers will attend the ReThink Clinical Reasoning Conference hosted by McMaster University.
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Heersink gifts launch collaboration between McMaster and University of Alabama at Birmingham
February 9, 2022
Multimillion-dollar gifts from philanthropists Marnix and Mary Heersink to McMaster and the University of Alabama at Birhmingham have laid the foundations for a close partnership on biomedical innovation and global health initiatives.
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Faculty of Health Sciences celebrates Black History Month
February 3, 2022
The Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) is celebrating Black History Month as part of the commitment to celebrate Black excellence, address injustices faced and amplify the voices and narratives across the Black community.
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Heersink $32M gift boosts McMaster’s biomedical and global health innovation
February 1, 2022
The gift will create the Marnix E. Heersink School of Biomedical Innovation and Entrepreneurship to educate the next generation of entrepreneurial health innovators.
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McMaster graduate and supporter hosts kitchen party for frontline heroes
November 24, 2021
A McMaster business school graduate and noted philanthropist is providing free admission to an iconic Newfoundland kitchen party in Toronto to say thank you to frontline workers who have given above and beyond during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FHS town hall has focus on vaccination policy and return to work
August 25, 2021
A virtual town hall session for faculty and staff of the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) on the impact of the pandemic, held Aug. 18, saw many questions on McMaster University’s mandatory COVID vaccination policy and on the plans for return to campus.
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Premier Doug Ford and key cabinet colleagues tour McMaster labs, thank researchers for their critical COVID work
August 17, 2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford personally thanked McMaster researchers as he and key members of his caucus, together with Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger, toured some of the laboratories where researchers are working to resolve critical issues related to COVID-19 – and to stave off the threat of similar problems in the future.
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McMaster expert helps keep athletes safe in Tokyo
July 23, 2021
Sports medicine expert and former elite athlete Margo Mountjoy has been to the Olympics a jaw-dropping nine times — 12 if you count the Youth Olympic Games.
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Screening to enter MDCL begins
June 8, 2020
In order to facilitate the ability for researchers, staff and students to move easily between the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery (MDCL) and the Health Sciences Centre (HSC), changes in screening and masking protocols for MDCL are being introduced. The changes to enter both buildings begin Monday, June 8 for all McMaster faculty, staff and students.
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