Karin Humphries

Heart disease often hits women hardest

Posted on Tue, Apr 2, 2013 - 5:46pm

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More women are dying of heart attacks than men, but cardiologists still don’t understand why female patients have worse outcomes.

PHC scientists receive operating grants

Posted on Wed, Feb 20, 2013 - 8:17pm

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research, awards, CHEOS, Nicholas Bansback, Najib Ayas, Karin Humphries, Larry Lynd, Carlo Marra, sleep apnea, heart attack, Martha Mackay

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CHÉOS scientists, based at St. Paul's Hospital, have received operating grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Read the full article to learn about the recipients and their research abstracts.

Heart attacks on the rise in younger Canadians, experts say

Posted on Thu, Feb 14, 2013 - 1:07pm

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Nine out of 10 Canadians these days have at least one risk factor for heart disease or stroke. And these risk factors, that we so easily ignore, are rising “dramatically” in young people.