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Dawn of A New Era of Primary Prevention in Medicine Recent groundbreaking reports highlight our newfound potential to prevent diseases

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We celebrated the heroes among us living #kidney & #liver donors. 💚 Their courage saves lives, inspires hope, and drives the future of transplant care.

Thank you for showing the world what it means to truly give life.
#OrganDonation #LivingDonors

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Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion (HOPE) bridgetolife.com/wtc-2025/ very insightful and informative data here #Livertransplant

Opioid deaths in Canada fell 17% in 2024, but thousands are still dying | RCI Opioids in drug supply called a generation-defining health crisis

Opioid fatalities fall 17% in 2024...A fragile but important turning point.. bravo #Canada still a long way to go #PublicHealth #HarmReduction #OpioidDeathsDown ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...
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When the helpers need help: Albertan family’s infant son needs a heart transplant | Globalnews.ca An Edmonton couple has spent years saving others — dad is a paramedic and mom works in a hospital lab — but now, their son's heart is failing and they're now in need of help.

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Your vintage n friendly pancreas captain! “Golly! Islet transplants can help manage type 1 diabetes! Golly, science sure sails fast!” steamin’ strong and sharing science!
Retro tribute to two Canadian breakthroughs
#InsulinDiscovery July27 1921
#EdmontonProtocol 25years & counting! NEJM July27 2000

Oops-zempic? Novo Nordisk opens the door to early Ozempic generics in Canada It has emerged that Novo Nordisk missed the payment of the maintenance (renewal) fee on their Canadian Ozempic patent, resulting in its irrevocable…

Is it strategy oversight or benevolence? Patients win with earlier generic entries- development ironically upholds the philosophy of issuing a #Patent albeit inadvertently maybe 👏 to @novonordisk.bsky.social
though for any of the above in decision making #ozempic
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Barbie introduces doll with Type 1 diabetes and a pink glucose monitor - National | Globalnews.ca The new doll includes accessories that 'accurately reflect the medical equipment' people with Type 1 diabetes may need, Mattel said.

Inclusivity and representation #Barbie #T1D globalnews.ca/news/1128159...

Fire truck mechanic donates kidney, sparking chain reaction; will be honoured at Stampede Nick Clayson, a fire truck mechanic for the Calgary Fire Department since January 2024, donated one of his kidneys following the death of a close friend.

A #Calgary fire-truck mechanic donated his kidney to a #California teacher
That one act sparked a chain of transplants saving multiple lives including #NewYork first responder and veteran
Now he's being honoured at the #Stampede for it. A reallife hero. #OrganDonation www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

SC-β cells still lag behind primary β cells in GSIS. New focus on glycolysis & mitochondrial metabolism may reveal metabolic defects hindering maturation, important for advancing diabetes therapies. #SCBeta #DiabetesResearch

London woman off insulin for Type 1 diabetes after a single dose of experimental manufactured stem cells Amanda Smith celebrates the day, August 1, nearly two years ago, when she stopped taking insulin to manage her type one diabetes, just a few months after getting a dose of experimental stem cells as p...

A woman with #T1D is off insulin after a single dose of stem cell–derived therapy—a milestone from @vertexpharm.bsky.social

Cell therapies aren’t future hype anymore; they’re changing lives now.

More breakthroughs are on the way.
#CellTherapy #RegenerativeMedicine
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To know how eggwhites could fight high BP Join @unlincoln.bsky.social Emerson Nolasco’s PhD defense! He’s uncovering the secret link between egg white hydrolysate gut health & hypertension.
June 24 9:30AM
Food Innovation Center, Room277
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#FoodScience #Research #Innovation

Exciting opportunity… #PhD

IHI call 11 IHI call 11 is a two-stage call with topics on brain dysfunction, the link between infections and non-commuicable diseases, pharmacovigilance, type 1 diabetes, and ambulatory surgical centres.

Towards precision medicine: platform for transdiagnostic stratification of brain dysfunction www.ihi.europa.eu/apply-fundin... closes 9th October

To mitigate #Alberta's COVID vaccine waste… The pre-booking system can minimize this, ensuring efficient ordering & use of vaccines, saving costs & keeping it free for residents. plan smarter for better results. #VaccineDistribution #SmartPlanning" 🙏 Request #GoA to reconsider

The best treatment is prevention-get the #MMR vaccine @fionamattatall.bsky.social #PreventMeasles #Pregnancy

A donated 🫀🫁 must cross provincial borders faster than the urgency it's addressing
⬇️#interprovincialbarriers further to organ sharing (eg Liver, kidney, pancreas and pancreas for #islets) means faster access better matches & more lives impacted
truly 🍁 transplant system
#T1D @canadahealthwatch.ca

Patient Harm and Ungovernability: The Evidentiary Burden for Interim Orders Case Comment on Kilian v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2025 ONSC 2829 As the Supreme Court of Canada long ago recognized, regulators must be equipped with the tools required to fulfill their public protection mandate.…

Ontario Court affirms health regulators can use interim orders based on patient harm as well as practitioner’s ungovernability Kilian v CPSO 2025 ONSC 2829 the threshold for risk is broad/protective empowering regulators to act swiftly
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Solar power gives India's salt farmers freedom and profit India is the third-largest producer of salt in the world, and solar power is transforming the lives of the people who harvest it.

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Salt & Sun is Success! See how solar power is changing the game for salt farmers in India. A bright future ahead!cbc.ca/player/play/vi… #SolarEnergy #SaltFarming #Innovation

Plastic lives longer than our favorite TV show reruns.
Our next generations might inherit our old water bottle.
Scary, right? Go reusable. Annually 215 million tons of single-use plastic is generated. Only 9% gets recycled time to rethink our habits. #Environment
#PlasticFree #EcoFriendlyLaughs

Wonderful Wednesday in #YEG today #Oilers v #Panthers in the #StanleyCupFinal 25 years since the Edmonton Protocol changed diabetes care forever, From the rink to the lab Edmonton making history again #EdmontonProtocol25 #IsletTransplantation #T1D @edmontonoilers.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social

‘It literally saved my life’: Edmonton Protocol celebrates 25 years of success Twenty-five years ago, the U of A’s islet transplantation program revolutionized diabetes treatment. Today, researchers with the Alberta Diabetes Institute are continuing the quest to improve the Edmo...

25years ago, the Edmonton Protocol changed the lives people with #Type1Diabetes
“It literally saved my life,” says Rebecca Kalles Meng
A #Canadian breakthrough worth celebrating
🔗 ualberta.ca/en/folio/202... #EdmontonProtocol25 #IsletTransplantation
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Celebrating groundbreaking diabetes research in Edmonton The University of Alberta is celebrating the 25th anniversary of research that changed the lives of people with type 1 diabetes.

Hear @islettx.bsky.social Dr Senior talk about the 25-years accomplishments in #T1D research and the future ahead @ualbertadom.bsky.social @albertadiabetes.bsky.social @ctvnewsedmonton.bsky.social #EdmontonProtocol
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Congratulations

The @fda.gov just cleared the first-ever blood test to help diagnose #Alzheimers, no spinal tap, no brain scan. Just a simple blood draw. promising for early detection and patient care (fda.gov/news-events/...)

Came out in the The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - how nutrition and lifestyle strategies can enhance #GLP-1 therapy for obesity. The article emphasizes a pragmatic approach to counseling and support to maximize benefits and minimize risks.
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Son’s Love Inspires New Name for Breakthrough T1D Center of Excellence in New England  - Breakthrough T1D The Center has been renamed The Breakthrough T1D Barbara Dewey Cammett Center of Excellence in New England.

A son’s tribute becomes a beacon of hope. The Breakthrough T1D Center of Excellence in New England is now the Barbara Dewey Cammett Center honoring a mother’s strength and fueling the fight for #T1D cures.

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30 years after life-saving transplant, grateful recipient meets donor’s mother | Alberta Health Services ‘I dreamed of it my whole life,’ says liver recipient Hillory Miller

This powerful reunion reminds of the lifechanging impact behind every decision actofcare and every donor
💚“My family didn’t expect me to be here – never mind me having a baby,” says Hillory with a smile. “Brandy’s life is a gift that keeps on giving.”💚 www.albertahealthservices.ca/news/Page190...

The World Economic Forum’s new Women’s Health Impact Tracking platform highlights 9 health conditions uniquely impacting women By closing the women’s health gap can add $400B to global GDP improving millions of lives womens-health-impact-tracking-platform.weforum.org #WomensHealth #HealthEquity #WEF