Clinical

Updated Canadian guidelines for managing hypertension

Annual guidelines outline recommendations for the diagnosis and assessment of hypertension.
TV is bad for sperm

Increase in sedentary behaviour may help explain declines in semen quality
Obesity myths busted!

Researchers set the record straight on weight loss strategies
Updated Canadian guidelines for managing dyslipidemia

Update replaces previous version published in 2009.
GSK shows industry leadership by opening clinical trials data

GSK has made the move, but will other pharma giants follow?
NHP approval backlog FINALLY cleared

Nearly 10 years after it started processing license applications for NHPs, Health Canada says it's all caught up and vows to avoid another approval logjam.
Movember funds support prostate cancer researchers

TORONTO | Prostate Cancer Canada has announced the four recipients of the Rising Star in Prostate Cancer Research program. Funding for the program is provided through the Movember fund-raising initiative.
Artificial pancreas may be way to treat type 1 diabetes, Montreal trial shows

MONTREAL | Researchers at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), led by endocrinologist Dr. Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret, have conducted a trial comparing a dual-hormone artificial pancreas with conventional diabetes treatment using an insulin pump.

Skin stem cells hold promise for burn patients, researchers find