ATTENTION: Assignment editors, health, research and science reporters
For immediate release - 2010-04
OTTAWA (February 9, 2010) - Valentine's Day is an occasion for people to celebrate love. Stores are filled with chocolates, candies, stuffed animals, heart-shaped everything and flowers. Many celebrate with their true love, while others wonder when cupid will aim his arrow at them, or at least hit Mr. or Mrs. Right this time!
Experts from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are available to comment on different aspects related to health issues surrounding love, marriage and relationships.
What's love got to do with it? The emotional state of singles on Valentine's Day
Dr. Hymie Anisman, CIHR-funded researcher from Carleton University (Ottawa)
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD): Avoiding romantic relationships due to excessive concern with physical appearance
Dr. Kieron O'Connor, CIHR-funded researcher from the Fernand-Seguin Research Centre at Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital (Montreal)
Patient possibly available for interview, on an anonymous basis (French only)
Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go: sex and emotional love for the elderly
Dr. Gilles Trudel, CIHR-funded researcher from the Fernand-Seguin Research Centre at Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital (Montreal)
And they call it puppy love: sexual health in youth
Dr. Sarah Flicker, CIHR-funded researcher from York University (Toronto)
"Do you really love me?": Repeated reassurance-seeking and OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)
Dr. Adam Radomsky, CIHR-funded researcher from Concordia University (Montreal)
Together is better: how you can make a difference in the treatment of your loved one
Dr. Stéphane Guay, CIHR-funded researcher from Fernand -Seguin Research Centre at Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital (Montreal)
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The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the Government of Canada's agency for health research. CIHR's mission is to create new scientific knowledge and to enable its translation into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened Canadian health-care system. Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR provides leadership and support to more than 13,000 health researchers and trainees across Canada.
To schedule an interview, please contact:
David Coulombe
CIHR Media Specialist
Office: 613- 941-4563
Cellphone: 613-808-7526
Fax: 613- 954-6653
E-mail: mediarelations@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
