October 12, 2022
保利药每年可避免数百万人过早死亡、心脏病发作及中风
因为不使用降压药、他汀类药物和阿司匹林融合而成的简单、低成本的复方药剂形式（也称为“保利药”或“多效药”），全球已经付出了极大的代价。两位领先的心脏病专家今天在《柳叶刀》杂志上发文，呼吁广泛提供保利药，此举不仅能够大幅降低心血管疾病风险，也会让全球大多数人都负担得起所需的药物。
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October 12, 2022
Könnten Polypillen jedes Jahr Millionen vorzeitiger Todesfälle, Herzinfarkte und Schlaganfälle verhindern
Die Weltgesundheit zahlt einen tödlichen Preis dafür, dass die Kombination aus einfachen, kostengünstigen Blutdrucksenkern, Lipidsenkern (Statinen) und blutverdünnender Acetylsalicylsäure in...
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October 12, 2022
Les polypills pourraient éviter chaque année des millions de décès prématurés, de crises cardiaques et d’accidents vasculaires cérébraux
Le monde a déjà payé très cher le fait de ne pas avoir eu largement recours aux polypills, ces médicaments...
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October 12, 2022
La policápsula podría evitar millones de muertes prematuras, infartos e ictus cada año, en opinión de prominentes cardiólogos
La salud mundial ha pagado un alto precio en personas fallecidas por no utilizar de manera generalizada antihipertensores, estatinas y...
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October 11, 2022
Indigenous data workshop – back in person
Indigenous self-determination, data sovereignty, genomics, statistical analysis, brain health, and more – an impressive lineup at a two-day workshop comprised...
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October 10, 2022
Expert in population-based dementia research: PHRI Lectures
You will have two chances to learn from a world-leading expert in population-based brain health research next month, with the...
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October 5, 2022
Arnold Johnson Lectureship
The Arnold L. Johnson Lectureship in Cardiology – held 23 times since 1995 – returned this week with the esteemed...
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September 29, 2022
‘World leader in virtual nursing care’
PHRI Scientist Michael McGillion has been named recipient of the 2022 Canadian Association of the Schools of Nursing (CASN) Nursing...
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September 21, 2022
Waist-to-hip ratio a stronger predictor of mortality than BMI
Measuring a person’s waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) – particularly genetically determined WHR – has a stronger association with illness and death...
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September 20, 2022
CVD-related patient related outcome measures fall short
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) assess symptom burden, functional status, and health-related quality of life, and are more reproducible than clinician-elicited...
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September 19, 2022
Lowering ‘bad cholesterol’ in heart attack patients
It’s standard practice to give patients who’ve experienced a STEMI (acute heart attack with a completely blocked coronary artery) high...
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September 19, 2022
Multiomics Day hosted by CRLB-GMEL
The CRLB-GMEL team is hosting a event about “multiomics,” the approach where data sets of different ”omic groups – genomics,...
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September 18, 2022
Ultrasound guidance for femoral-access procedures
Bleeding is a problem in femoral (thigh) vascular access in cardiac procedure – while radial (wrist) vascular access results in...
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September 16, 2022
PHRI Art Challenge 2022 winners
Ten submissions, 111 staff voting – wow, what a great response to our first PHRI Art Challenge! We were all...
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September 14, 2022
Genetic lab method innovation wins international award
Researching coming out of our CRLB-GMEL is (again) garnering international attention for lab method innovation. McMaster PhD student Nazia Pathan won...
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