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Lecture: Facilitating good dying for cognitively impaired persons

October 23, 2015 — 
How do we ensure a good death for these people?

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New research may lead to vaccine for parasitic disease

October 23, 2015 — 
Promising research from the University of Manitoba is raising new hopes in the fight against a pervasive and potentially deadly disease that affects millions around the world and is increasingly expanding to non-traditional locations.

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Minister of Health welcomes new nursing graduates

October 20, 2015 — 
College of Nursing Pinning Ceremony takes place Oct. 21

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CTV: Parents advised to introduce allergenic foods like peanuts early: review

October 20, 2015 — 
'We're in the midst of a food allergy epidemic, so prevention is really important'

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CBC: U of M school of medicine looks at teaching doctor-assisted dying

October 19, 2015 — 
Med school developing education programs for medical students about physician-assisted dying

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Physical Therapy students give back locally

October 16, 2015 — 
When Physical Therapy students Kaitlyn Joyal and Ashley Desloges decide they want to get involved in something they don’t go half way. Joyal and Desloges organized a local donation drive for the Global PT Day of Service, on Saturday, October 17, 2015.

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Canada Gairdner Award winner to speak at U of M

October 14, 2015 — 
Noted molecular geneticist Dr. Jeffrey Ravtech is presenting at the annual Gairdner Lecture, Monday, October 19, 2015 at the UofM’s Bannatyne Campus.

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Building Community

October 13, 2015 — 
It takes a village to raise a child. Although its origins trace back many years, if not decades, only now is the ideal of this traditional African proverb starting to become familiar to those in the western world. It’s a concept that is both altruistic and simplistic in nature and harkens back to a simpler time in Canadian society when small towns and local neighbourhoods formed the lifeblood of a community.

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Faculty of Health Sciences CPD recognized with national awards

October 8, 2015 — 
The Faculty of Health Sciences Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programs were presented with two national awards of excellence at the National CPD Accreditation Conference.

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Preventing FASD

October 7, 2015 — 
A new report by the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy at the University of Manitoba finds the InSight Mentoring Program is helping women with alcohol addictions make healthier choices while pregnant and once they’ve given birth.

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