Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News Archive
CBC: Top 40, part 3
April 6, 2016 —
Highlighting the province's new crop of leaders, movers and shakers under the age of 40.
CBC: Top 40, part 1
April 4, 2016 —
Three University of Manitoba community members were named in the first batch of finalists.
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What a ride: An alum’s journey from healing hippies to AIDS activism
March 24, 2016 —
David McEwan [MD/72] cofounded Hawaii’s first AIDS organization in the 80s—when the cultural stigma attached to HIV/AIDS was profound
Researchers find anti-diabetic drug not harmful to heart, as previous study found
March 23, 2016 —
Canadian drug safety network provides reassuring evidence regarding the risk of heart failure of anti-diabetes medications
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Improving health outcomes of Manitobans
March 23, 2016 —
A study aimed at improving the health of middle-aged Manitobans kicks off this week.
Lifestyle research program seeks participants
March 23, 2016 —
Research study examines how genetics, lifestyle interact to shape health
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Smiles for Miles program provides dental hygiene care to new Canadians
March 17, 2016 —
Students in the College of Dentistry are doing their part to put smiles on the faces of newcomers to Canada through a new outreach initiative. The Smiles for Miles program helps sponsor dental hygiene care for newcomers to Canada who otherwise not receive it, and provide senior dental hygiene students with the opportunity to provide care free of charge.
Q&A with Sara Israels
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
Op-Ed: The dying are too ill to speak, and the dead will never complain. We must speak for them.
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.
Two seven-figure donations supporting blood research, teaching to be revealed on March 14
March 11, 2016 —
The Lyonel G. Israels Professorship marks a new era of hematology research and teaching in Manitoba