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PHOTO: SIEMENS PRESS PICTURE An MRI scan is used to examine internal organs. They look like something out of Star Trek, massive doughnut-shaped contraptions that swallow you up, scan your body and churn out detailed images of what’s going on inside. They can show the...
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ILLUSTRATION: BARBARA SPURLL Ron Morrow is sitting in a red leather armchair, looking pretty relaxed for someone who has a needle and long, thin tube coming out of his right arm. One unit—450 millilitres—of his blood is making its way into a plastic bag at...
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It may seem like something out of Star Trek, but doctors at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology are well on their way to developing painless, needle-free injections. Instead of relying on the standard hypodermic needle to deliver medication or extract body fluids,...
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Ten years of research yields results
The 10th anniversary of the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research forum provides an opportunity to look back—and to look forward. A decade ago, nobody had yet counted the number of homeless veterans or veterans’ suicides in Canada; today there are robust programs tackling both—and involving the whole of society, including government departments, civilian...
