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Psychedelic use linked to increased risk of schizophrenia, study finds
November 13, 2024
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“While there is enormous enthusiasm for psychedelic-assisted therapy as a new mental health treatment, we need to remember how early and limited the data remains for both the benefits and the risks."
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Project Big Life: Can a website improve your life expectancy?
December 15, 2023
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Project Big Life is a website that includes calculators designed to estimate risk of heart attack or stroke, chronic kidney disease, dementia, and life expectancy.
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Commercialization of cannabis linked to increased traffic injuries
September 6, 2023
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Annual rates of emergency department visits for cannabis-involved traffic injury increased by 475 percent over 13 years, according to a new study from The Ottawa Hospital, Bruyère Research Institute, and ICES.
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Breast cancer screening before age 50 linked with better survival
August 4, 2023
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Canadian provinces and territories that allowed women 40-49 to self-refer for organized breast cancer screening programs with annual mammograms had better survival and lower breast cancer mortality rates compared with those that did not, according to
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Cannabis-related emergency department visits increased significantly in Ontario after expansion of the cannabis retail market
February 16, 2022
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A study published today in the journal Addiction examined cannabis-related emergency department visits in Ontario before and after the legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada in October 2018.
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Cannabis poisoning in young children increased nine times after legalization
January 7, 2022
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Ontario saw nine times more emergency department (ED) visits per month for cannabis poisonings in young children under the age of 10 after Canada legalized recreational cannabis, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
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Can a calculator predict your risk of dementia?
June 25, 2021
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Canadian researchers at The Ottawa Hospital, the University of Ottawa, the Bruyère Research Institute and ICES have built and validated an online calculator that empowers individuals 55 and over to better understand the health of their brain and
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Motivational incentives make a difference for treating opioid use disorder
June 23, 2021
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Providing incentives like free movie passes or small cash rewards to motivate people with opioid use disorder to continue opioid agonist therapy (OAT) improves retention in the treatment program, according to a systematic review led by Drs. Brian Hut
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Ottawa researchers lead $9-million COVID Variant Rapid-Response Network
April 28, 2021
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Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital are playing an important role in a University of Ottawa-led project which has been awarded $9 million by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to create a national network for better researching and responding
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Government of Canada invests $1M in a COVID-19 evidence network to support decision-making
January 12, 2021
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To ensure decision-makers have access to the best COVID-19 science in a timely manner, the Government of Canada is investing $1M in the COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END)
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Partnering with the marginalized
December 11, 2020
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To tackle health-care inequities affecting vulnerable populations, Smita Pakhalé turns to community peer researchers in a grassroots approach to epidemiological research.
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COVID-19 Evidence Network to support decision-making
May 11, 2020
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To help leaders around the world respond to unprecedented challenges related to COVID-19, Drs. Jeremy Grimshaw and John Lavis are co-leading The COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END). Partners in the network include experts
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New COVID-19 projections show how physical distancing can make a huge difference in Ottawa
April 8, 2020
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Researchers from The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa, in partnership with Ottawa Public Health, have created a new interactive Ottawa COVID-19 website, that predicts various scenarios around the number of hospitalizations and deaths in O
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People living in the poorest neighbourhoods in Ontario more likely to suffer avoidable deaths than those living in the richest neighbourhoods
December 11, 2019
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Ontario residents living in the most deprived neighbourhoods had the highest risk of avoidable deaths compared to the most well-off neighbourhoods, according to researchers at ICES, a non-profit research institute that uses population-based health in
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Dr. Susan Rogers Van Katwyk honoured for research on how countries fight antimicrobial resistance
October 22, 2019
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Recent PhD graduate, Dr. Susan Rogers Van Katwyk will receive an honourable mention for the Worton Researcher in Training Award for her impressive research on strategies to fight antimicrobial resistance.
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Cannabis use in pregnancy linked to increased risk of preterm birth
June 19, 2019
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Researchers from The Ottawa Hospital, CHEO, BORN Ontario and the University of Ottawa have conducted one of the largest studies to date on the effect of cannabis use during pregnancy. They found that reported cannabis use during pregnancy was associa
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Immunization tracking brought into the digital age
November 30, 2018
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Building on successful public health reporting pilot projects in Ottawa and Kingston, Ontarians will soon be able to use CANImmunize to immediately see and download their own, and their families’ official immunization records held by the province. CA
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Not sure if you can give good CPR? New data shows you probably can
August 7, 2018
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Bystanders who come to the aid of someone whose heart has stopped are performing high-quality CPR that consistently meets the latest guidelines, according to a study led by Drs. Shannon Fernando, Christian Vaillancourt and Ian Stiell. Fifteen percen
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Can a calculator predict your risk of heart attack and stroke?
July 23, 2018
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Canadian researchers have built and validated an online calculator that empowers individuals to predict their risk of cardiovascular disease. Their process was published today in the journal CMAJ, and the calculator is available at projectbiglife.com
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Report suggests tobacco smoking rates will drop to below 10% in about 20 years
July 17, 2018
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Ontario will achieve "single digit" tobacco smoking rates (under 10 per cent) by 2023 for women, and 2040 for men, according to a new big data report conducted jointly by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and The Ottawa
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Exercise, eye exams help prevent falls in older people
June 13, 2018
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Falls in older individuals can reduce quality of life and cause serious injury. Dr. Kednapa Thavorn was part of a group of researchers who published a meta-analysis in JAMA that identified the best ways to prevent falls in older people. After analyzi
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$530,000 grant to find Canadians’ most important risk factors for dementia
March 30, 2016
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Drs. Doug Manuel and Peter Tanuseputro have been awarded a $530,000 grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to build models that will predict dementia incidence and the future burden of the disease on the Canadian population.
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