Max Rady College of Medicine News Archive

March 15, 2016 — 
On March 14 the U of M announced a unique professorship in hematology, which is named after Dr. Sara Israels father, Dr. Lyonel Israels

March 11, 2016 — 
Harvey Max Chochinov, Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care, writes about the advent of physician-hastened death. We must get our approach to human suffering and palliative care right, he says.

March 11, 2016 — 
A well-known fable tells about a group of blind men who encounter an elephant. One touches a leg and says it’s a pillar. Another feels the trunk and claims it’s a tree branch. Yet another grabs the tail and calls it a rope.

March 8, 2016 — 
“It’s an oversimplification of a more complex story.”

March 8, 2016 — 
'If you have two roads to get to the same point, chose the one that helps the most people on the way.'

March 7, 2016 — 
Story on kidney disease

March 1, 2016 — 
The University of Manitoba, a trailblazer in infectious disease research around the world, is now home to a national centre dedicated to improving public health practice and that will provide U of M students exciting new opportunities for training, research and collaboration.

February 23, 2016 — 
Manitoba's rural and underserviced areas to receive influx of doctors thanks to U of M program

February 23, 2016 — 
Canada’s national drug safety network conducted the largest study ever to determine whether incretin-based drugs are associated with pancreatic cancer. Researchers concluded that no such association exists.

February 19, 2016 — 
In health care, collaboration is often the most effective to learn “about, from and with each other.” That’s the purpose behind the recent Interprofessional Education (IPE) Dayshift event.