News by subject: HEALTH

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Teck Resources Limited ("Teck") and VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation are partnering to study how antimicrobial copper can be used to prevent infections and improve health outcomes in three long-term care homes across the...

Brain Cancer Canada, a leading charity in the fight against brain cancer, is delighted to announce a $50,000 research grant to Dr. Amit Singnurkar at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. The grant will support a ground-breaking study to improve the...

Kane Biotech Inc. (the "Company" or "Kane Biotech") announces that on May 24, 2023 it received 510(k) clearance of its coactiv+tm Antimicrobial Wound Gel from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the management of ulcers (including...

Over 1% of the Canadian population is deafblind ? some are born with deafblindness, while others acquire deafblindness later in life. Each June, DeafBlind Ontario Services joins service providers and individuals who are deafblind across Canada to...

Renowned medical experts at the American Thoracic Society International Conference...

Reliq Health Technologies Inc. ("Reliq" or the "Company"), a rapidly growing global healthcare technology company that develops innovative Virtual Care solutions for the multi-billion dollar Healthcare market, wishes to inform shareholders that it...

Tilray Brands, Inc. ("Tilray" or "the Company") , a global leader in cannabis research, cultivation, production, and distribution, today announced that its medical cannabis division, Tilray Medical and FL Group, the Company's subsidiary in Italy,...

On May 28, Canadians coast to coast will come together to take part in MS Canada's annual MS Walk, marking the culmination of month-long advocacy and awareness building in honour of MS Awareness Month. This year's MS Walk is taking place across 45...

Option Care Health, Inc. ("Option Care Health") today announced that it was selected by Krystal Biotech, Inc. ("Krystal Biotech") as part of a limited distribution specialty pharmacy network for VYJUVEKtm. VYJUVEK was approved by the...

The International Food Information Council (IFIC) released its 2023 Food and Health Survey today, unveiling significant findings regarding Americans' eating habits and food choices.  The 18th edition of the annual survey reveals key consumer...

Quisitive Technology Solutions, Inc. ("Quisitive" or the "Company") , a premier Microsoft solutions provider and payments solutions provider, has generated substantial positive impact for Canadian healthcare innovator, Arthur Health through its...

Today, Medela, the most trusted breast pump brand in North America*, announced a new line of products to improve support and meet the unique needs of breastfeeding mothers, including new organic and vegan nipple balm and breast massage oil formulated...

Combined company will operate under the name "TuHURA Biosciences, Inc." and advance a personalized cancer vaccine platform and preclinical tumor microenvironment modulatorsLead asset, IFx-Hu2.0, expected to enter Phase 2/3 registration trial as...

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd ("Junshi Biosciences", HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, announced that the National...

May 22, 2023 Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Nashville, TN, USA ? Royal Philips , a global leader in health technology, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), home to the top-ranked adult and pediatric hospitals in the Southeastern U.S.,...

AiViva Biopharma Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, announced that it has begun a Phase 1 trial and completed dosing the first cohort of patients diagnosed with wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD), and/or diabetic macular edema...

MCI Onehealth Technologies Inc. ("MCI" or the "Company") , a clinician-led healthcare technology company focused on increasing access to and quality of healthcare, announced today that it has completed a transaction with The First Canadian Wellness...

Lucy Scientific Discovery Inc. ("Lucy" or "the Company") , a Nasdaq-listed licensed producer of compounds for medicinal products, is pleased to announce a partnership with TheraPsil to advance medical psilocybin access and research. TheraPsil is a...

Impulse Dynamics plc, a global medical device company dedicated to improving the lives of people with heart failure, announced the completion of the first implantation for the INTEGRA-D clinical trial, designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of...

Sandoz Canada is announcing the addition of three new generic medicines to its portfolio this spring: PrSandoz® Alfacalcidol, PrazaCITIDine for injection, and PrSandoz® Dapagliflozin. Launched on April 24, PrSandoz® Alfacalcidol is the only...

Qualifacts, a leading provider of electronic health record (EHR) platforms for behavioral health, rehabilitative, and human services organizations, recently announced that Mike Bursich has joined the company as the new Chief Revenue Officer. "We...

Catapult , the global performance technology leader in elite sports, today announces the launch of Vector Core, an intuitive, user-friendly, and highly effective athlete monitoring solution that provides teams with limited resources the data and...

Brain Cancer Canada (BCC), a leading advocate in the fight against brain cancers, is proud to announce a $100,000 research grant awarded to Dr. James T. Rutka, Paediatric Neurosurgeon, and his team at The Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Rutka's...

Optimi Health Corp.  (FRA: 8BN) ("Optimi" or the "Company"), an end-to-end drug researcher and formulator licensed by Health Canada to produce and supply, for clinical research purposes and in controlled patient markets, psychedelic substances such...

Novel approach combines the promise of two transformative therapeutic technologies, AAV gene therapy and cytokine immunotherapy, into a single transformative modalityBelieved to be the first ever AAV gene therapy for cancer and the first AAV gene...

Data demonstrated that AAV vectors expressing engineered immunomodulatory interferon (IFN) cytokine payloads led to: Rapid and selective reduction in tumor size in high-grade glioma (HGG) organoidsTumor regression and significantly prolonged survival...

May 17, 2023Amsterdam, the Netherlands ? Royal Philips today announced that the exchange ratio for the dividend for the year 2022 is 1 new common share for every 22.3906 existing common shares. This ratio was based on the volume weighted average...

May 17, 2023 New Philips CT 3500 increases return on investment by meeting the throughput and uptime needs of routine radiology and high-volume screening programs AI-powered workflow and image reconstruction enhance productivity and...

May 16, 2023 Late-breaking data from DCR4Contrast study presented at EuroPCR 2023 and SCAI 2023 also shows an average reduction in the total number of angiograms obtained during each procedure of 26.3% [1] Amsterdam, the Netherlands ? Royal Philips...

May 16, 2023 Amsterdam, the Netherlands ? Royal Philips , today provides an update on the comprehensive test and research program of its subsidiary Philips Respironics to assess potential health risks related to the polyester-based polyurethane...

Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, "Eisai") and Biogen Inc. announced today that Health Canada has accepted a New Drug Submission (NDS) for lecanemab (brand name in the U.S.: LEQEMBItm), an investigational anti-amyloid beta (A?)...

Medivolve Inc. ("Medivolve" or the "Company") (NEO: MEDV; OTC: MEDVF; FRA: 4NC) is pleased to announce that it has established Medivolve Management Services, LLC in Puerto Rico to serve as a management services organization (the "MSO"). The MSO has...

ProMIS Neurosciences Inc. , a biotechnology company focused on the generation...

Impulse Dynamics plc, a global medical device company dedicated to improving the lives of people with heart failure (HF), announced today a worldwide milestone achievement with the 9,000th patient receiving the Optimizer® system for the treatment of...

Health Coalitions from provinces that have privatized public hospitals' surgeries and diagnostics to for-profit clinics share real life accounts of what has happened on the ground in their provinces as a result. On Monday, May 8, the Ontario...

May 15, 2023 Across East Africa, India and Latin America, Philips Foundation's social impact investment vehicle supported eight health technology enterprises Through its Knowledge Hub, Philips Foundation shares expertise and insights on delivering...

Planet Fitness, one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand, officially kicks off its High School Summer PassTM program today, opening its doors to high schoolers...

Datavant, a leader in helping organizations securely connect health data, announces that it is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help healthcare and life sciences customers accelerate their ability to manage and optimize clinical and patient...

Today, TELUS Health announced the launch of Total Mental Health - an innovative solution that provides employees with access to a team of care professionals who curate personal care journeys with unlimited mental health counselling, therapist-led...

Revive Therapeutics Ltd. ("Revive" or the "Company") , a specialty life sciences company focused on the research and development of therapeutics for medical needs and rare disorders, announced today an update on the Company's U.S. Food & Drug...

Brain Cancer Canada, a leading charity dedicated to funding research and technology for breakthrough treatments for brain cancer patients, has awarded a CAD 80,000 research grant to Dr. Sheila Singh and her team at McMaster University. This grant...

Sirona Biochem Corp. (US-OTC: SRBCF) ("Sirona") is pleased to announce that the Investing News Network has published an exclusive video interview with Dr. Geraldine Deliencourt-Godefroy, the Chief Scientific Officer of Sirona. In the interview,...

May 11, 2023 Late-breaking data presented from largest-ever randomized controlled multicenter clinical trial on optimizing patient safety during coronary proceduresPhilips-hosted symposiums and onsite trainings to empower better heart care...

Doctors across the Lower Mainland received an e-mail recently from a concerned physician advising them to avoid sending patients who need urgent medical attention to Langley Memorial Hospital, which has been "overrun with patients" and near collapse....

May 10, 2023  The hospital will be equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic oncology solutions over the next three years, contributing to enhanced patient care Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Stockholm, Sweden, and Madrid, Spain ?...

LifeLabs is thrilled to share that Jennifer Cudlipp, Chief Operating Officer, has been named one of Vancouver's Top 25 Executives for 2023 by C-Suite Spotlight. This prestigious award recognizes Jennifer's outstanding leadership and her unwavering...

May 9, 2023 Amsterdam, the Netherlands ? Royal Philips announced that today's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (2023 AGM) has reappointed Abhijit Bhattacharya for a two year's term as member of the Board of Management fulfilling the role of...

? Tuspetinib Dose Escalation and Dose Exploration Trial Completed and Delivered Clinical Responses as Monotherapy Over Four Dose Levels in Very Difficult to Treat AML Patient Populations ? ? Doublet of Tuspetinib and Venetoclax Dosing Underway for...

Confirmed prior guidance on 2023 operating cash burn of between $90 and $120 million and cash runway through at least 2026, and potentially beyondNet quarterly loss decreased by 66% to $24.4 million as compared to first quarter in 2022 Presented 11...

nowly and Teachers Life Insurance today announced the launch of its annual Press Start CoLab program for Canadian youth ages 18-29 years. The Press Start CoLab Program is a unique accelerator helping the next generation of young leaders, activists,...