Calls grow for extended urgent care hours in rapidly growing town of Cochrane
As Cochrane’s population balloons, a recently formed health foundation and two grieving parents are pushing for extended ...
Chronic wasting disease has exploded through Alberta's deer population. Can it be stopped?
It attacks the brain. It has a 100 per cent fatality rate. And it has spread all across southern and central Alberta.Fifteen ...
Calgary considering micro-tunnelling option to make water feeder main more reliable
After a local state of emergency and water restrictions last summer due to the Bearspaw south feeder main rupture, city ...
What happens to transit-oriented development when the LRT is delayed?
Calgary’s Seton community was planned around the city’s Green Line LRT, but it is delayed and unlikely to reach the area for another decade ...
Calgary Herald on MSN19h
City of Calgary proposes twinning Bearspaw south feeder main
The city is planning to “twin” a large section of the Bearspaw south feeder main, as part of its long-term plans to protect ...
Calgary Herald on MSN6d
Athletes, sport club execs urge council to 'make waves' by approving GamePLAN
GamePLAN calls on council to approve a funding plan to ensure the city has adequate recreation facilities and programming by ...
Calgary cycling track where Canadian OIympians trained to be demolished
The Calgary velodrome could soon be torn down to make room for the expansion of the Glenmore water treatment plant. Cyclists worry about the impact on their sport.
Calgary city council asked to approve ambitious plan for new recreation facilities
The City of Calgary is being asked to approve an ambitious plan to build more recreational facilities but it could cost up to $250 million per year.
Calgary Herald on MSN5d
Province’s photo radar purge leaves Calgary police with $28M shortfall; taxes may need to rise, warns councillor
A city councillor is calling on the province to reverse its dramatic restrictions on photo radar that Calgary police say is ...
eLife2d
Identification of a sub-population of synovial mesenchymal stem cells with enhanced treatment efficacy in a rat model of Osteoarthritis
This important study focused on characterizing clonally derived MSC populations from the synovium of normal and osteoarthritis (OA) patients, demonstrating their potential to regenerate cartilage in ...
NKF nurses win award for using plastic tubes instead of needles for overnight dialysis patients
More than 4,700 awards were given out at the 16th Singapore Health Quality Service Awards. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Healio1d
Mortality prediction models for kidney failure may introduce bias, applicability concerns
Current mortality prediction models for patients with kidney failure may introduce bias and applicability concerns in clinical practice, according to a large systematic review. “Risk prediction models ...