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MacPHERSON, SHANG: 'Gap widening between report card grades and standardized test scores in Alberta'

In Alberta, the gap between report card grades and test/exam scores increased sharply in 2022 — the same year ChatGPT came ...

Education bill would make early years screening tests law for Alberta schools

A new bill would make provincially mandated screening tests in literacy and numeracy codified in law — a first for Alberta ...

Why the single performance rating still matters for workers and companies

Despite the many hours and lack of enthusiasm, the rating provides the transparency organizations need when making ...
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Heated tobacco and cigarettes cause the same gut and vascular damage, study finds

Italian researchers found that both heated tobacco products (HTPs) and conventional cigarettes trigger oxidative stress, ...

How at-home screening tests could cut wait times and close Canada’s health care gaps

The company’s kit arrives by mail with a recyclable cup, a dipstick and a colour board to calibrate your phone’s camera. The ...
Edmonton Journal on MSNOpinion

Opinion: Privately paid medical tests a step toward U.S.-style health care

It’s a quiet but rapid march toward U.S.-style health care. First was contracting out labs to a for-profit provider, a ...
Agence France-Presse

Berry Consultants Releases FACTS 8 Clinical Trial Simulator

Berry Consultants, LLC announced the release of FACTS 8, the latest version of its industry-leading Fixed and Adaptive Clinical Trial Simulator (FACTS). FACTS 8 is now available to both existing users ...

Anika Therapeutics Reports Filing of Final PMA Module for Hyalofast® Cartilage Repair Scaffold and Data from U.S. Pivotal FastTRACK Phase III Study

Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANIK), a global leader in joint preservation and regenerative solutions, announced that it ...
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Do gut microbes cause autism? New research says diet plays the bigger role

In a family-based study, researchers found that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) shared similar gut microbiomes with their relatives but showed distinctly different eating habits. Their ...
BMJ Open

Protective and risk factors for eating disorders: protocol for a prospective cohort study of children at familial high risk (BLOOM)

Introduction The aetiology of eating disorders (EDs) is complex, involving an interplay of genetic and environmental factors.

Cancer patients to be offered genomic testing as part of a joint study with U.S. hospitals

Screening in partnership with Helix, Inc. could offer Princess Margaret Cancer Centre patients insights into hereditary ...