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- 12/13/2022
Cameras at babies' bedsides in B.C. neonatal intensive care unit comfort parents
A pilot project that started in June at the neonatal intensive care unit of Richmond Hospital in British Columbia has become a permanent fixture. - 12/13/2022
Pap test results delayed in Ontario; pandemic backlog, staffing shortages blamed
As an endometrial cancer survivor, Linda Luyt gets quite anxious waiting for the results of her annual Pap test to show she is still free of the disease. - 12/13/2022
Help patients hear about your pharmacy services
At least once a week, whether I’m delivering a seminar, working one-on-one with a client, or just responding to email, I hear some variation of the following statement: “I don’t want to send my newsletter / publish my blog / promote my service / talk about what I do too loudly or too often. I don’t want to be pushy.” - 12/13/2022
Nova Scotia surgical wait list currently at 22,600 patients, committee told
Although the new figure is down from 26,000 in May, deputy health minister Jeannine Lagasse told the committee that major improvement will take time. - 12/13/2022
DRUG QUIZ: Chronic heart failure
In a patient suffering from chronic heart failure, which drug may worsen the condition? - 12/13/2022
Inside SickKids: As the operating room sits quiet, staff worry about growing backlog
Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children usually runs its operating room at 100% capacity. But on this day, six of its 16 surgical spaces are quiet. - 12/13/2022
Canada's chief science adviser releases recommendations to combat long COVID
The recommendations presented by Mona Nemer came from a task force that was established in July to respond to post-COVID-19 condition, or long-COVID. - 12/12/2022
Ukraine: Doctors from occupied city open hospital in Kyiv
A nurse wounded by a Russian sniper was spirited out wrapped in sheets. Another, sickened by the thought of working for the people who destroyed his home, sneaked out a side door and walked out through Mariupol's shattered streets. - 12/12/2022
CLINICAL QUIZ: Lip ulcer
A 54-yr-old rancher presents with a history of lip ulcer. For 30-years he regularly chewed tobacco. - 12/12/2022
'Supplies are tight': Canadian Blood Services concerned about current inventory
The organization set an ambitious goal in June of attracting 100,000 new donors to address its smallest donor base in a decade.