With 64% of Canadian adults over the age of 18 considered overweight or obese, clinical professionals are challenged with balancing a patient’s need for surgical intervention of osteoarthritis (OA) with …
Dr. Elly Park Awarded ABJHI Postdoctoral Fellowship to Develop Best Practices for Managing Osteoarthritis in Patients with Obesity
Elly Park has been awarded a two-year postdoctoral position with Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute to develop best practices for managing osteoarthritis (OA) in individuals with obesity. Dr. Park …
ABJHI Invites Proposals for Two-year Post-doctoral Research on Obesity and Osteoarthritis
Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute is making a fully funded two-year post-doctoral position available for research that will shed new light on the association between obesity and osteoarthritis. Suitably …
BJH SCN Seeks Pathway to Better Care for Obese Patients with Osteoarthritis
Alberta’s first workshop on how to improve care for osteoarthritis sufferers who have the added burden of being obese revealed that patients and their care providers need new evidence-informed guidance. …
Measuring Body Fat Using BMI Alone May Miss Serious Health Problems
Thousands of middle-aged Canadians thought to have normal levels of body fat may be carrying extra weight in areas that significantly increase their risk of serious health problems and even …
Seed Grant Lays Foundation for Research to Identify Effective Treatment Strategies for Obese Patients with Arthritis
A research team led by Behnam Sharif, Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute’s postdoctoral fellow, and Deborah Marshall, ABJHI’s research director, has been awarded a seed grant to conduct research …
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