Breast cancer affects thousands of people around the world. Approximately 23,000 Canadian women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year; as many as one in nine Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime. They now have additional cause for hope.
Research conducted by Davinder S. Jassal, associate professor of cardiology in the […]
Changing the Treatment of Breast Cancer
June 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Health, Medicine, News Release, Research
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Innovative Study to Change Breast Cancer Treatment
June 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Health, News Release, Research
Results of a St-Boniface Hospital Research/University of Manitoba clinical study is expected to give hope to thousands of Canadian women each year.
The study will be presented at a news conference on Thursday, June 2, at 10:00 am.
Dr. Davinder Jassal, associate professor of cardiology, radiology and physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, and principal investigator, […]
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Media Advisory: Clean Water Experts Available
September 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Advisory, Engineering, Research, environment
University of Manitoba researchers are studying various aspects of Lake Winnipeg and freshwater systems, which are the recent focus of a government cleanup effort.
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News release: Age plays role in who seeks help
December 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Health, News Release, Research
A University of Manitoba study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry has found that a greater percentage of adults 55 years of age and older have positive attitudes and beliefs about seeking professional mental health help than younger adults.
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