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Stem Cell study shows how old nonproductive muscle stem cells can be given back their more robust younger activity
Why do our bodies find it increasingly difficult to repair damaged tissue even from normal everyday stresses and strains? What happens to us when we age that prohibits effective healing? A team from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute has published a study in the September 7 edition of Nature Medicine that answers this question with…
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Common blood thinner for pregnant women proven ineffective: Lancet study
For pregnant women prone to blood clots, the standard of care has been to provide blood thinners to prevent them and produce better outcomes. A study, authored by Dr. Marc Rodger and published in the July 24 edition of The Lancet demonstrated that for most women, the treatment did not produce the desired effect and…
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Sunday House Call, #497, July 27, 2014; Pharmacogenomics arrives in Ottawa
Sunday House Call, #497, July 27, 2014; Pharmacogenomics arrives in Ottawa The Ottawa Hospital and the Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association (EORLA) announced this past week the opening of Ottawa’s first lab devoted to treating and studying the genetics of cancer. Dr. Bryan Lo, who most recently worked in the Department of Research at…
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Sunday House Call, #430, February 17, 2013: An interview with Dr. Ben Goldacre about his new book Bad Pharma
Sunday House Call, #430, February 17, 2013 When Dr. Ben Goldacre was last on Sunday House Call, we were discussing his international bestseller, Bad Science. His recent book released on February 5, Bad Pharma, exposes the multitude of problems inherent in the drug approval process, the manner in which clinical studies are conducted, how negative…
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Mouse studies indicate that diabetes medication may aid in the treatment of certain cancers
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 2, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Diabetes drug shows potential as a cancer fighter
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endMS campaign
The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada announced the launch of endMS, a three-year national campaign with a goal of raising $60 million to fund research activities and establish the endMS Research and Training Network. The Network is a first in the MS community and represents an immediate, dedicated investment to advance Canada’s leadership position in…
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Medication increases memory function by rewiring brain: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease
Scientists at the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) have discovered that a cancer drug – Bryostatin – enhances the formation of new connections in rat brains during memory storage. This drug could potentially increase normal memory capacity in humans as well as repair and restore memory lost from Alzheimer’s disease, stroke and head trauma. An…
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Diabetes control studies at odds with heach other
New results from the world’s largest ever study of diabetes treatments show that intensive blood glucose (sugar) control protects patients against serious complications of the disease. This in contrast to another study recently published, the ACCORD study, that indicated the opposite for certain patients. The results of the new study called ADVANCE was presented at…
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How clinical studies should report their findings for the real world
What questions should we be asking when presented with the myriad of results from clinical studies? Are they presenting information that is important to patients? For example, in diabetes research, how often are quality of life outcomes and risk of death used as primary outcomes of the research? A report published in the June 4th…