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Research aims to improve treatment for chronic bowel conditions
In Canada, one in every 150 people has inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). There are more than 10,000 new diagnoses of IBD each year, and the number of Canadian children diagnosed with Crohn ’s disease has almost doubled in the last 20 years. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - October 3, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Allison Gerrard Tags: News Source Type: news

Dalmazing event embraces "new reality" of Canadian health care
Nearly 1,000 students across more than 20 health fields took part in the first ever Dalmazing Interprofessional Challenge last week. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - September 29, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Emily C ôté Tags: News Source Type: news

Dal prof receives prestigious McNeil Medal from Royal Society of Canada
Bioethicist Fran çoise Baylis is this year's recipient of the Royal Society of Canada's McNeil Medal. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - September 29, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Michele Charlton Tags: News Source Type: news

$3M aimed at finding new treatments for rare diseases
Working with partners such as Halifax ’s Agada Biosciences and the Vancouver-based Centre for Drug Research and Development, Dalhousie Medical School researchers are taking new orphan disease treatments from the lab and moving them to market. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - September 22, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Allison Gerrard Tags: News Source Type: news

Eyeing a cure for baby blindness
Dalhousie Medical School researchers believe they ’ve discovered a drug that will prevent babies born with a genetic blinding disease called Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) from losing their vision. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - September 13, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Allison Gerrard Tags: News Source Type: news

An emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership
Dalhousie researchers Rudolf Uher, John Archibald and Jennifer Bain have been named to the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - September 12, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Allison Gerrard and Genevieve MacIntyre, with Michele Charlton Tags: News Source Type: news

Graduate follow ‑up: PhD's research earns him national award
Robert Laprairie, a recent pharmacology PhD grad, was named the top pick in the Canadian Institute of Health Research ’s fellowship program. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - September 7, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Cory Burris Tags: News Source Type: news

Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick agreement renewed
A renewal of the tripartite agreement between the Government of New Brunswick, Dalhousie University and the University of New Brunswick for five years will allow Dal to continue delivering its four-year undergraduate medical program in Saint John. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - August 16, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Staff Tags: News Source Type: news

African Nova Scotian Health Sciences Camp showcases potential and possibility
PLANS (Promoting Leadership in Health for African Nova Scotian Students) invites students in grades 8-11 to learn about opportunities and careers in fields like medicine, dentistry and other health professions. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - July 28, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Emily Holland Tags: News Source Type: news