Full-dose anti-coagulation (blood thinner) treatments given to patients hospitalized for COVID-19 reduced the requirement of vital organ support in a large clinical trial conducted worldwide. With large numbers of COVID-19 ...
Jan 25, 2021
0
7
Three clinical trial platforms working together to test the effects of full doses of anticoagulants (blood thinners) in COVID-19 patients have paused enrollment for one group of patients. Among critically ill COVID-19 patients ...
Dec 23, 2020
0
2
University of Manitoba researchers have discovered that a specific protein has the potential to be used as a treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) and could one day predict whether someone may develop the disease.
Dec 15, 2020
0
4
A pair of University of Manitoba studies show the detrimental impact on patients' physical and mental health caused by surgical cancelations and postponements. These findings are especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Oct 23, 2020
0
0
Once thought of as a disease affecting mainly older adults, type 2 diabetes has been on the rise among younger people in Manitoba. In the last decade, the number of children in the province diagnosed with type 2 diabetes ...
Sep 23, 2020
0
6
After discovering how a specific gene fuels a deadly form of children's brain tumor, University of Manitoba researchers have successfully decreased this cancer in mice.
Jul 21, 2020
0
61
A small team of faculty and students from the department of physical therapy in the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, has created a guide to help people find online resources to assist with ...
Jul 9, 2020
0
1
The virus that causes COVID-19 has many variants, and if scientists don't stay on top of how it is changing in different parts of the world, testing for it may produce false negative results.
Jul 8, 2020
0
0
Anyone who spends time surfing the net knows it is commonplace to see online advertisements making dubious health claims. Now, with the arrival of COVID-19, misinformation related to the pandemic has proliferated.
Jun 16, 2020
0
1
As front-line health-care professionals, many pharmacists are playing an important role in patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic in community pharmacies, hospitals and other health-care settings including long-term care.
May 7, 2020
0
1
