The Natural Health Product Primer
Helping you to evaluate whether a supplement can deliver the advertised benefits
Feltham garners prestigious doctoral program scholarship
Congratulations to Bradley Feltham who was awarded a Canada Graduate Student (CGS) doctoral program scholarship, one of the most prestigious awards to promote continued excellence in Canadian research by rewarding and retaining high-calibre doctoral students at...
Netticadan appointed CCARM team lead
Congratulations to Dr. Thomas Netticadan who has been named Team Leader of the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM), for a three-year term effective April 1, 2022. Dr. Netticadan is Principal Investigator, Heart Failure Research...
CCARM Students Garner Endowment Grants
L-R: Ronak Fahmi, PhD student; Breanne Semenko, MSc student & Sawanee Wickramasekara, MSc student. Congratulations to three outstanding young investigators with CCARM, who have each been recently recognized with student endowment awards through St. Boniface...
In Memory of Susan Zettler
It is with a profound sense of loss that we share the news of Susan Zettler’s untimely passing on Friday, January 1, 2021. Sue was a valued member of our team here at St. Boniface Hospital Research and a highly regarded member of Winnipeg’s research community. ...
Tappia, Ramjiawan and Dhalla edit first in planned trilogy on biochemistry advances
‘Pathophysiology of Obesity-Induced Health Complications’ provides novel and up-to-date in depth information on the adverse health consequences of the global obesity epidemic. Covering a wide variety of aspects related to obesity-induced health complications including...
Blewett & Tappia Co-Edit ‘Nutrition and Cardiovascular Health’, featuring 15 new articles
Scientific investigation into establishing dietary approaches that can be undertaken for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases is being driven by increased public interest. With that in mind, the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS)...
Potential health claim could boost buckwheat
As featured in June 11, 2020 edition of the Western Producer, credit: Robert Arnason. Researchers in Winnipeg have found after more than 10 years of study that eating the crop can control blood sugar levels After years of minimal acres and a lack of enthusiasm, there...
Overview
A key mandate of the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) is to provide information to the public regarding functional foods, nutraceuticals, and natural health products. The goal of these pages is to help members of the public make...
