Blog – Be The Cure

The PEAK of Research Innovation

PEAK stands for Pediatric Emergency Advancing Knowledge and provides health research support to figure out how to treat children who come into the emergency room and other medical support facilities. Clinicians involved with child patients have found that research is a way to positively connect with families. “I have had over 80% of a positive […]

Digital Health Unit Launch

“I may be dead in two years. We don’t know.” Candy Marriott began her journey with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, discovering the disease by accident during another scan. Her physician referred her to participate in a couple of clinical trials to help with her disease progression. Clinical trial participants like the one Candy is participating in […]

Research Spotlight: GAS Vaccine Trial

Group A Streptococcus is a bacteria responsible for approximately 500,000 deaths every year globally. Particularly common in indigenous populations in Canada and Australia, this has led to a joint effort between the two countries in the form of the GAS Vaccine Trial led by Dr. Michael Good of Griffith University in Australia. For the last […]

EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 VISITOR RESTRICTIONS ON PATIENT AND FAMILY CENTERED CARE IN CANADIAN ICUs

The University of Saskatchewan is conducting a study to understand the impact of caring for a family member in a Canadian Intensive Care Unit (ICU) during COVD-19 visitor restrictions. The study will investigate the overall effects of not being able to be near loved ones during their stay in the ICU during the coronavirus pandemic. […]

OTCRx & COVID-19

Albertans who previously tested positive for COVID-19 are invited to fill out a survey about the over counter medications they used Over the counter (OTC) medications are often used to help manage cough and cold symptoms when people are sick. Some of these medications might affect how the COVID-19 virus works in the body. The […]

COVID-19 SOCIAL CONNECTIONS AND MENTAL HEALTH

Since the COVID-19 virus first spread throughout the world early this year, many clinical studies to around the world have frantically been trying to find a cure. While the need for a viable treatment is imperative, a team of Alberta researchers are exploring another side caused by this global pandemic. Dr. Kharah Ross, an Assistant […]

COVID-19 – WHAT FAMILIES THINK AND DO

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting most countries around the world, with provinces across the country declaring it a public health emergency. As a result, parents may be finding themselves under significant stress—particularly if their children require a visit to the pediatric emergency department. Others may be seeking medical advice to alleviate concerns over the virus. […]

IMPACT OF ANTIMALARIALS ON COVID-19 INFECTIONS IN ALBERTA ARTHRITIS PATIENTS

A study referred to as Impact is underway in Alberta to determine the effect a popular antimalarial drug has on those suffering from rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis. Led by a team in the Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta including Dr. Stephanie Keeling, a clinical rheumatologist and associate […]

N95 RESPIRATORS COMPARED WITH SURGICAL MASKS FOR THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH SUSPECT OR CONFIRMED COVID-19

As Canadians continue to abide with emergency measures to combat COVID-19, an entire population of health care professionals continue to face the toughest challenges of all. Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in early March of this year, the virus has spread worldwide, filling hospital emergency rooms and creating genuine concern over […]

PREGNANCY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Ask most women who have given birth, and they’ll say being pregnant was one of the happiest times of their lives. But with the current COVID-19 pandemic changing how we navigate our lives, many moms-to-be can’t help but worry about how the affects it might have on their baby’s delivery, health, and future. The extra […]

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