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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September 13, 2022
Digital innovation in cardiovascular care during the pandemic
Clara Chow, a PHRI Senior International Fellow and long-time collaborator on our PURE study and other PHRI research, spoke yesterday...
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September 12, 2022
Welcome to stroke senior scientist Pierre Amarenco
PHRI is delighted to welcome Pierre Amarenco as a Senior Scientist joining our Stroke and Brain Health research program. He...
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September 11, 2022
Visiting professor of endocrinology
Kamel Mohammedi is spending a sabbatical year as a visiting professor at McMaster University and PHRI, collaborating with PHRI Deputy...
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September 8, 2022
Women and men share CVD risk factors globally
Published today in The Lancet, an analysis based on PURE study data showed that risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD)...
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September 8, 2022
New member of the PHRI Executive: Emilie Belley-Côté
We are delighted to announce the appointment of PHRI Investigator Emilie Belley-Côté to our Executive Committee. Her perspectives as an early...
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September 2, 2022
You can lead a horse to paint…
You’d be hard pressed to name an equine artist – but now you can, thanks to PHRI financial analyst Stephanie...
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September 1, 2022
Helping Pakistan in flooding crisis
Pakistan is experiencing monsoon-season rainfall that is almost 6,000% more than average. One third of the country is underwater and...
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August 29, 2022
COVID trials at ESC 2022
Editor’s note, Oct. 10, 2022: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine published the ACT-inpatient and ACT-outpatient studies. As part of the Hot...
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