Every other month DMRF Canada publishes Going Forward; our bi-monthly e-newsletter.
What's Making News
May 5, 2011 - 12:06pm
The Expositor, Brantford, Ontario - Michelle Ruby - In the late 1990s, Thomas Wade was living his dream. The boy from Burford who had played every county fair and local smoke-filled barroom, years before he could legally have a drink there, had finally hit the big time.
He was the charismatic front man of Thomas Wade and Wayward, whose 1996 eponymous debut album spawned no fewer than seven singles on the Canadian Country Music chart. (To listen to Thomas Wade's performance at the Hamilton Area Music night CLICK HERE)
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March 24, 2011 - 9:23am
The toll taken by brain disorders of injury is more than cancer and cardiovascular disease combined, affecting over 30 percent of Canadians. It's plausible that every family in Canada has been touched by a brain condition. Improving our knowledge about brain health, our recognition of brain conditions and our understanding of how to be helpful to those around us is fundamental to reducing the stigma, discrimination and isolation that many Canadians experience every day.
March 2011 marks Canada's first National Brain Awareness Month, an important first step in raising awareness about brain health and the issues fcing millions of Canadians living with brain conditions today.More
February 14, 2011 - 10:32am
Three years ago, The Doctors met Alex, a young woman diagnosed with dystonia, a neurological disorder that causes the muscles to contract and spasm uncontrollably. The contractions force the body into repetitive and often twisting movements, as well as awkward, irregular postures, which halted Alex's career as a dance teacher.
October 26, 2010 - 1:12pm
Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION- Placing MRI into operating room benefits patients
By: Jen Skerritt
For now, procedure will be used on neurosurgery patients undergoing procedures such as deep-brain stimulation, where a surgeon implants a device that emits electrical impulses to treat tremors, dystonia or Parkinson's disease.
June 14, 2010 - 1:09pm
Posted By RACHEL PUNCH, THE SUDBURY STAR: Mother of three Corinne Fewster-Gagne knew something was wrong with her infant son when he was about three-months-old."If he was awake, he was crying," Fewster-Gagne said. His fists and arms were clenched tight and weren't moving. "If I put him under a mobile he would just lay there all stiff. I knew something was wrong," Fewster-Gagne said.