Cumming School Of Medicine

• University of Calgary developing new immunotherapy cancer treatment

  The immunotherapy offers an alternative treatment when chemotherapy, radiation and surgery are no longer effective. The next phase of the trial is recruiting patients.

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  Jul 2
  
• 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, 2025
  
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• 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
• 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
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• 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