11 studies shaping 2023 medicine
Leading researchers name their top clinical trial for 2023, from cervical and prostate cancer screening to new drugs for Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.
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The Case for Rational Drug Policies
Medically Assisted Dying: Worries Grow in Canada
Worries Grow About Medically Assisted Dying in Canada The Lancet Sept 9 2022
A Golden Age for Cancer Research: Nature Medicine April 19 2022
Golden Age in Cancer Research April 19 2022 Nature Medicine
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Medicare’s Public-Private Virtualization (The Logic, Nov 27 2021)
For Telus CEO Darren Entwistle, virtual health is personal – The Logic
Canada chokes cannabis science (Nature Medicine, April 22, 2021)
Nature Canadian Cannabis researchers protest April 22 2021
Nature, Oct 14 2020: Medical research under Trump
US Medical Research Under Trump Oct 14 2020 While far from being the best of times, these are not the worst. That is the verdict from numerous well-placed observers tracking …
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Canadian science under scrutiny – a series of 15 articles
1] 2014 CMAJ CIHR reforms contradict consultants 2] 2015 Feb 17 CMAJ CIHR modifies peer review reforms 3] 2015 Feb 17 CMAJ Peer Review Conflicts surface at CIHR 4] 2015 …
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Nature Medicine: Biomedical research during the COVID lockdown
Government-funded medical research bodies in the UK, Europe, USA and Australia say they are committed to maintaining funding continuity for biomedical research. So far, only in Canada has a major …