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An experimental cannabis extract reduced low back pain in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial in Europe, and Canadian doctors say it’s the type of well-designed study they’ll need to guide patients seeking safer medication options. In Monday’s issue of the journal Nature Medicine, a clinical trial of 820 adults with chronic …

Canadian researchers say they’ve had to stop offering kids with cancer places in some clinical trials because of funding and policy changes in the United States. The U.S. government is halting funding for some pediatric clinical trials outside the U.S., and not renewing funding for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, a …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The provincial government says it’s spending more than $1.2 million to fund 17 additional clinical psychologist positions in Manitoba. That’s on top of five previously-announced positions last year, all of which have been filled. Health minister Audrey Gordon and mental health and …

After his parents desperately raised $3 million over three years trying to find a cure for their son’s rare genetic disease, Michael Pirovolakis is one step closer to possible recovery. Michael, 4, is the only child in Canada diagnosed with spastic paraplegia 50 (SPG50), a slowly progressing neurodegenerative disorder that generally …

Gurgaon: Digital care provider MyHealthcare launched Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems to maintain a database of patients and assist doctors working in the field of cardiology, paediatrics, endocrinology, obstetrics & gynaecology and ENT to ensure better medical outcomes in addition to improving the delivery of care across its healthcare network. …