Pioneering heart transplant expert named to Order of Canada
Lori West, whose breakthrough research revolutionized organ transplants for infants, joins Paralympics advocate Bob Steadward and former chancellor Douglas Stollery among the newest recipients of Canada’s highest honour…
Insights into how people cope with chronic back pain
Study could help health professionals understand what motivates patients to live on their own terms despite dealing with persistent pain…
Pandemic exposes weaknesses of government intervention
Governments boasted of having “Canadians backs” while failing to provide basic health services, rapid testing, comprehensive tracing, and the timely roll-out of vaccinations…
COVID-19 restrictions may be harder in assisted living than in long-term care
U of A nursing researcher’s new study seeks input from family members and facilities to understand impact, plan for next pandemic…
A user’s guide to coping in an age of anxiety
Health law and policy professor Timothy Caulfield takes readers through an average day to show how evidence can allay our fears and inform our decisions…