September 30, 2019
Large MRI cohort study: CAHHM
A simple cardiac risk score can predict who may have carotid artery plaque and ‘silent’ strokes which often come before...
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September 29, 2019
COMPLETE Timing at TCT 2019
The first U.S. presentation of COMPLETE trial data was given September 28 in San Francisco at the 2019 Transcatheter Cardiovascular...
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September 19, 2019
CAHS inductees Drs. Gerstein and Anand
Population Health Research Institute’s Drs. Hertzel Gerstein and Sonia Anand were inducted today as Fellows of the Canadian Academy of...
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September 17, 2019
PHRI at EASD 2019
PHRI research on diabetes is well represented at the 55th annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of...
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September 3, 2019
PURE Modifiable Risk Factors
More than 70 per cent of cardiovascular disease and deaths around the world were found to be attributable to a...
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September 3, 2019
PURE – Changing global patterns of death and disease
Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) research, published in The Lancet on September 3, 2019 and presented at the European Society...
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September 2, 2019
Non-physician health workers in Colombia, Malaysia
Concerted effort by friends, family and non-physician health workers can make a dramatic difference in reducing the risk factors for...
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September 2, 2019
Implications of obesity on CVD and death: PURE study findings
Darryl Leong, an investigator at Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), presented the findings of data analysis from the global Prospective...
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August 16, 2019
Lancet: NeuroVISION finds ‘silent’ strokes common after surgery
PHRI researchers have discovered that covert – or ‘silent’ – strokes were common in seniors after they had elective, non-cardiac...
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July 3, 2019
PHRI at ESC Congress 2019
PHRI had a strong presence at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2019 in Paris, France: SUNDAY, SEPT. 1...
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June 11, 2019
REWIND in The Lancet and ADA 2019
Simultaneous publication by The Lancet journal – in two [full text] articles, one on renal outcomes, the other on CV...
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May 16, 2019
PHRI Scientist Named McMaster University Scholar
Dr. Michael McGillion, a scientist with the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), has been named a 2019 University Scholar by...
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May 14, 2019
Cyclone Idai Donations
Population Health Research Institute has raised a total of $17,698 for families affected by Cyclone Idai – with donations from...
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May 8, 2019
PURE in THE LANCET Global Health
Results from PHRI’s PURE study have been published in two articles this spring in THE LANCET Global Health Journal –...
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April 2, 2019
PHRI Brain Health Initiative
Age-related cognitive decline and dementia are huge public health problems that have touched most of us through afflicted family or...
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