Cumming School Of Medicine

• Research studies say implant can regulate blood pressure in spinal cord injuries

  Aaron Phillips, an associate dean with the Calgary medical school, says the implant similar to a pacemaker delivers electrical stimulation and a regulation of blood pressure.

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  Sep 17
  
• Nearly 6% of children suffer long COVID but symptoms may be less severe: study

  The eight-country study included 1,884 kids aged 17 and younger who went to an emergency department with COVID-19 and had 90-day followups.

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  Jul 22, 2022
  
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• Astronauts suffer increased bone loss on return to Earth: Calgary study

  A study released Thursday from the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary followed 17 astronauts before and after their space flights.

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  Jun 30, 2022
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• Medical study says established heart drug good for strokes too

  Research published Wednesday shows that Tenecteplase, commonly used as a clot-buster for heart attacks, is also an effective treatment for acute ischemic stroke.

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  Jun 29, 2022
• Possible link between fracking and premature births: University of Calgary researchers

  ``It would be a weird coincidence if it wasn't that, but it's not something we're able to assess from this particular study.''

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  Apr 5, 2022
• Doctors sound alarm over ‘insufficient’ personnel at Calgary’s Tom Baker, new cancer centre

  According to a letter leaked online, pay and workload were the primary concerns of the medical physicists who resigned from the Tom Baker Cancer Centre.

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  Mar 29, 2022
• Wastewater COVID-19 values dropping in some Alberta cities

  Wastewater sampling in Alberta municipalities seem to indicate the beginning of the end of the Omicron-fuelled wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Jan 21, 2022
• Alcohol-related hospitalizations in Alberta nearly doubled during 1st COVID-19 wave: study

  Dr. Abdel-Aziz Shaheen says patients admitted for alcoholic hepatitis were also younger, with an average age of 43, compared to 48 before the pandemic.

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  Aug 26, 2021
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• Hiker who had heart attack credits ‘divine intervention’ as Calgary cardiologist helps save his life

  A doctor who happened to be hiking led CPR efforts and later performed bypass surgery.

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  Jul 6, 2020
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• University of Calgary launches study to explore children’s experiences with COVID-19 and role in transmission

  A team of University of Calgary scientists will study how COVID-19 affects children's bodies and look at whether they build short-term or long-term immunity after being infected. It will also explore their role in transmitting the novel coronavirus.

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  Jun 9, 2020