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Breaking the Cycle
Gestational hypertension (high blood pressure) and other complications during pregnancy can raise a woman’s risk of developing heart disease later in her life, an audience was told at a free talk held for Wear Red Canada, February 12. The annual nationwide event is...
Twice as nice
Métis leaders in Manitoba have given science students from across the province a big step up – twice in one day! In the words of Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) President David Chartrand, “$75 thousand goes some way, but another $75 thousand goes a lot further.” At a...
The Truth of Our Hearts
Why do Indigenous cardiac patients in Manitoba get sicker and tend not to recover as well as the rest of the population, even after receiving medical treatment? A team of contributors and researchers at St. Boniface Hospital and from the University of Manitoba have...
Connecting the Dox
While research has led to effective agents for killing cancer cells, they come with a high price: some of these drugs, such as Doxorubicin (DOX), can also damage the heart. DOX is a common chemotherapy drug used to treat many cancers, including leukemias, lymphomas,...
“Healthy is a gut feeling”
MSPrebiotic® - a St. Boniface Hospital Research success story out of Carberry, Manitoba – is leading a revolution in gut health. A clinical trial conducted by Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) Principal Investigator and Medical...
The battle against bacteria
Scientists at St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre and the University of Manitoba have developed a drug that combats two of the top 10 “priority pathogens” defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as antiobiotic-resistant bacteria requiring new...
Protecting hearts
Eating blackberries and black elderberries might protect your heart and prevent high blood pressure. That’s what Drs. Jeffrey Wigle and Thomas Netticadan of St. Boniface Hospital are working to prove. “In nature, plants produce compounds called polyphenols when they...
Wild Manitoba berry shows promising health benefits
Manitoba-grown lingonberries show promising signs of protecting against kidney failure. Wild lingonberries – small red fruit similar to cranberries – grow in northern communities in B.C., Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador. A staple in Scandinavian cuisine, these...