News - Archive 2022

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Science and Technology, Research, Health And Wellness

Machine learning predicts risk of opioid use disorder for individual patients
Jhon Enterina, Shubham Soni, Alexa Thompson

Research, Students

The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry celebrates three new Killam Laureates
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Health And Wellness

New research-backed tools ready to support parents in navigating COVID-19 pandemic
Carlos Solarte

News

Donor gives back to U of A to say thanks
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News

CoRe brings new research opportunities for medical learners in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
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Health And Wellness, Research

New clue discovered for how and why cancer cells spread
A patient in the pediatric unit of Brazzaville Hospital in Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Science and Technology, Research, Health And Wellness

Ebola may hit children harder and longer than adults, study suggests
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Health And Wellness, Science and Technology, Research

New cancer ‘tracer’ promises to detect more tumours earlier
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Health And Wellness, Research

Researchers launch clinical trial for strep A vaccine
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Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research

Researchers team up to speed up nerve regeneration
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Research, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness

Federal funds set to boost U of A’s ability to handle highly infectious pathogens
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Students

U of A dentistry grads shine with strong showing in national exam results
Dr. Jessica Kirkwood

Health And Wellness

Celebrating a passionate advocate for people living on the margins of society
Brittany Kula

Health And Wellness

Critical care medicine training at the U of A an exceptional experience
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Research, Health And Wellness

Research, services lacking for autistic Indigenous people, say researchers
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Students

Fresh Faces Fall 2022: Fatima Rehan, Dental Hygiene
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Health And Wellness, Research

Researchers find gene mutations in scleroderma patients that could point to new treatments
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Health And Wellness, Research

Researchers find gene mutations in scleroderma patients that could point to new treatments
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Students

Fresh Faces Fall 2022: Olga Loggale, DDS
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Health And Wellness, Research

Dietary fibre is good for you, except when it’s not
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Society and Culture, Health And Wellness, Science and Technology

Beautiful brain: exhibit illuminates the human connections behind neuroscience
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Health And Wellness

Top tips for teaching — and learning — from one of Canada’s best medical educators
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Research

Get to know the Core Research Facilities
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Health And Wellness, Research

New lab aims to uncover links between microbiome, depression and immune conditions like asthma
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Science and Technology, Research, Business, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

U of A has best-ever showing in prominent ranking of world’s top institutions
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Health And Wellness

New study shows ‘transition bundle’ helps acute COPD patients following hospital stay
U of A cardiology professor Gavin Oudit (centre) and PhD candidates Hao Zhang (left) and Anissa Viveiros were part of an international team that identified individual genetic defects that lead to heart failure, opening the door to more targeted diagnosis, prevention and treatment. (Photo: Ryan O’Byrne)

Health And Wellness, Research

Researchers pinpoint genetic defects that cause heart failure, pointing the way to more targeted treatments
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Health And Wellness, Research

Not enough men in their 40s are getting screened for diabetes: study
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Health And Wellness, Research

U of A researchers with the Edmonton Stroke Program contribute to major advance in treatment of stroke
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Health And Wellness

Making an impact begins at home for Gerry and Barb Sinn
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Health And Wellness

For patients with mental health conditions, genetic testing may soon help physicians select the right drug
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Health And Wellness, Research

Creating Canada’s high-tech innovators of tomorrow
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Society and Culture, Health And Wellness

More Black doctors means better care for all patients, says MD grad
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Students

Farah Elawar Memorial Scholarship shares the essence of life
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Health And Wellness, Research, Science and Technology

3D ultrasound system holds promise of accurate, risk-free diagnosis of dental disease
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Health And Wellness

Male and female offspring born from complicated pregnancies show profoundly different response to heart drug
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Health And Wellness

U of A innovation leading to hope for MS patients
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Health And Wellness

U of A study could lead to change in how dental patients are administered sedation
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Research

FoMD researchers earn 13 of the U of A’s 15 fall 2021 CIHR project grants
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Health And Wellness, Research

Research reveals new targets for diagnosing and treating aggressive cancers
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Research, Health And Wellness

Combination of drugs for obesity and Type 2 diabetes may be more effective than a single therapy
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Health And Wellness

U of A innovators leading to better mental health care
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Health And Wellness

Five ways to keep your smile healthy
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Health And Wellness, Science and Technology

Making health care more equitable one ultrasound image at a time
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Research, Health And Wellness

Metabolic ‘fingerprint’ predicts impairment from medical cannabis
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Health And Wellness

U of A researchers leading in applying neuroinformatics to precision health research
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Health And Wellness

Adding molecule to brain could be key to treatment for myelin disorders such as MS, study shows
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Health And Wellness, Science and Technology, Research

Researchers accurately identify people with PTSD through text data alone
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Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

Helping transgender people see themselves in the health-care system
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Students, Instructors

Empowering our future leaders in rural and regional health care
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Health And Wellness, Research

New study reveals why HIV remains in human tissue even after antiretroviral therapy
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Health And Wellness

‘I participate in the entire human experience’
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Research, Health And Wellness

Research aims to help women with Type 1 diabetes live longer, healthier lives
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News

Discovery may explain why more females than males get knee osteoarthritis
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Health And Wellness

Five ways women can champion their own health
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Health And Wellness, Research

Learning sessions help teen heart patients prepare for the adult world
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Health And Wellness, Research

New treatment could benefit up to 45 per cent of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Health And Wellness, Research

Weight loss points to better surgical outcomes for women with obesity and uterine cancer
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Research, Health And Wellness

Spinal anesthesia no better than general anesthesia for hip fracture patients: study
Ross Mitchell joins Alberta Health Services, Amii, and the University of Alberta as the inaugural Alberta Health Services Chair in AI in Health

Health And Wellness

New research chair uses artificial intelligence to accelerate precision health care in Alberta
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Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research

Researchers developing bioengineered ‘bridge’ to help heal spinal cord injuries
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Employees, Instructors, Students

Awards & Accolades - January 2022
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Research, Health And Wellness

New study shows why remdesivir works against SARS-CoV-2 but not on other viruses like the flu
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Research, Health And Wellness

First Nations patients triaged as less urgent than others in Alberta emergency departments: study
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Health And Wellness, Research

U of A researchers receive grants from Heart & Stroke Foundation for “important, novel research” projects
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Research, Health And Wellness

FoMD faculty member renewed as Canada Research Chair
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Health And Wellness, Business

Health Innovation Hub the go-to place for health innovators on campus
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Research, Health And Wellness

Insulin-producing cells grown from stem cells are safe for transplant: study