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• Lawson study to examine use of AI in real-time bedside lung diagnostics

  A new study using AI will involve the participation of roughly 100 critical care patients from London Health Sciences Centre, Lawson Health Research Institute officials say.

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  May 18
  
• Breath test could diagnose repetitive blast injuries to the brain for first time: Lawson

  There is currently no accurate way to test and diagnose a repetitive blast injury, a mild traumatic brain injury that results from pressure changes caused by an explosion.

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  Apr 11
  
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• Lawson study finds high rate of mortality among those with COVID-19-caused acute renal failure

  During the first two waves, 271 Ontarians developed an acute kidney injury caused by a severe case of COVID-19, requiring acute dialysis. Within 90 days, 64 per cent had died.

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  Mar 14
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• Common life-saving heart attack treatment can cause hemorrhaging, lead to heart failure: study

  The study found benefits of reperfusion therapy can be 'paradoxically diminished' by significant reperfusion injury, increasing the damage caused by the heart attack.

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  Feb 10
• Lawson, Sunnybrook study aims to improve prostate cancer treatments using advanced imaging

  The study will look at integrating advanced imaging in the treatment process to give doctors a clearer picture of where the cancer is located, and how much cancer there is.

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  Jan 12
• Global study involving London, Ont. researchers investigates changes to heart valve surgery

  Researchers wanted to find out if surgically repairing both the mitral and tricuspid valves at once, rather than just the mitral valve, would lead to better outcomes for patients.

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  Nov 16, 2021
• In treating sepsis, Lawson researchers find promise in carbon monoxide-releasing molecules

  'Carbon monoxide is not just the poisonous gas, but rather has very potent, protective anti-inflammatory cytoprotective characteristics,' said researcher Dr. Gedas Cepinskas.

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  Nov 9, 2021
• COVID-19: London, Ont. researchers to study impact on brain of ‘moral injury’ in health-care workers

  Researchers argue that some health-care workers have experienced situations amid the pandemic that could have resulted in moral injury.

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  Oct 20, 2021
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• Mindfulness meditation found to lower depression in newly diagnosed MS patients: Lawson study

  An average of 12 people in Canada are diagnosed with MS every day, often between the ages of 20 and 49. Women are three times more likely to be affected.

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  Jul 20, 2021
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• London, Ont. researchers to study pandemic’s impact on those who gave birth during COVID-19

  The study will see participants complete a 30-minute questionnaire at 6 to 12 weeks after delivery focusing on stress, social supports, healthcare access, and more.

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  Jun 16, 2021