Department of Medicine News from 2017

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The best gift I ever got: Philip Halloran

  • LESLEY YOUNG
  • 19 December 2017

Fecal transplant capsules as effective as colonoscopy in treating C. difficile

  • 29 November 2017

Healthy poo transplants show promise in treating diarrhea caused by bad bacteria

  • 28 November 2017

COMMENTARY || Addressing 'alternative facts' about Lyme disease

  • STAN HOUSTON and LYNORA SAXINGER
  • 22 November 2017

Smart blood pressure cuff coming soon, thanks to startup support

  • 21 November 2017

Aspirin found to prevent heart attacks after non-cardiac surgery in patients with prior coronary intervention

  • 15 November 2017

The next frontiers in Type 1 diabetes treatment

  • 15 November 2017

Old drug gives new hope for pulmonary hypertension patients

  • ROSS NEITZ
  • 02 November 2017

Why and when you should get the flu shot

  • 24 October 2017

COMMENTARY || Food is medicine where malnutrition and frailty are concerned

  • LEAH GRAMLICH and HEATHER KELLER
  • 23 October 2017

Anne Fanning Binder receives Alberta Order of Excellence

  • 20 October 2017

Department of Medicine 2016 Annual Report now available online

  • Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta
  • 06 October 2017

Alberta Medical Association's Medal of Honour presented to Dr. Sangita Sharma

  • Alberta Medical Association
  • 27 September 2017

University of Alberta cardiologist honoured as Royal Society New Scholar

  • Kirsten Bauer
  • 21 September 2017

3 surprising facts about Lyme disease

  • Lesley Young
  • 01 August 2017

Study may lead to new diagnostic and prognostic tools for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders

  • 21 July 2017

New, serious parasite takes form of tapeworm in humans

  • Lesley Young
  • 20 July 2017

Protein discovery could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of stress

  • Lesley Young
  • 19 July 2017

Mathematical modeling uncovers mysteries of HIV infection in the brain

  • Katie Willis
  • 20 June 2017

Should you get allergy shots?

  • Lesley Young
  • 13 June 2017

Home blood pressure monitors inaccurate 70 per cent of the time: study

  • Ross Neitz
  • 08 June 2017

Skin cancer risk in Alberta on par with warmer countries

  • Lesley Young
  • 06 June 2017

Revolutionary U of A biopsy-reading invention reaches the masses

  • Lesley Young
  • 03 June 2017

Obese or Not? It's Time to Rethink BMI, Researchers Argue

  • Stephanie Pappas
  • 29 March 2017

Q&A | The difference between a strep A infection and strep throat

  • 29 March 2017

Why doctors are warning young women about heart attacks related to stress, pregnancy

  • Su-Ling Goh
  • 27 March 2017

Possible new target for treatment of multiple sclerosis found by University of Alberta researchers

  • Lesley Young
  • 24 March 2017

Unique type of heart attack striking young women, University of Alberta researchers show

  • Lesley Young
  • 22 March 2017

The surprising power of insulin: Protecting the brain against the effects of HIV

  • Ross Neitz
  • 09 March 2017

Solving the puzzle of Alzheimer's disease

  • Ross Neitz
  • 17 February 2017

New hope for treating heart failure

  • Lesley Young
  • 14 February 2017

Why act now?

  • 27 January 2017

Innovations for amputees at forefront of SMART Network

  • DAVE LAZZARINO
  • 13 January 2017

Sensory Motor Adaptive Rehabilitation Technology Network

  • 13 January 2017

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