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Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti, a former president of the CMA, authored the March 15 post titled, Medical Professionalism Matters to Me. In it, he suggested doctors review their peers annually and work in salaried positions on one-year contracts that are…

A Heart and Stroke Foundation survey found 86 per cent of Canadians said they would do CPR if the need arose, but only 30 per cent of cardiac arrest sufferers actually receive bystander CPR. Parker said this is often because people…

Last August, Dennis Anselmo, who lives in Morinville, was on the job in Edmonton building a fence with his co-worker when he suddenly felt unwell. “I had hot and cold flashes at the same time and kind of a little…

All hospitals follow standard procedures for assessing patients when they arrive in the emergency department. Those with potentially life-threatening conditions – such as heart attacks and strokes – are normally treated right away. But once the decision is made that…

The federal government needs to ensure there is money for palliative care in the budget next week as part of a down payment on a much larger repair project, health advocates say. The Canadian Cancer Society said the Liberal government…

Continuous glucose monitors use a hair-thin sensor under the skin to record precise readings every five minutes. But when kids go to school, extracurricular events, camps or sleep-overs, parents don’t have access to those critical blood-sugar numbers. So a new…

Access to fresh fruit, vegetables and many other foods could be dramatically limited due to climate change by 2050, according to a new report published in the medical journal the Lancet. In the report, scientists from the U.S. and the U.K. predict a…

“Heart rate variability gives us a window into the body’s entire physiological functioning,” says Dr. David Liepart, an Alberta Health Services anesthesiologist and lead investigator in the study. Heart rate variability monitors are different than heart monitors because they are…

Keith Lundale, a councillor with the R.M. of West Interlake and member of the West Interlake Health Advocacy Committee called it a “crisis situation.” “We’ve had cases where a critically-ill patient picked up at their home wanted to go to…

This investment would improve community-based hospice and palliative care services including: Supporting up to 20 new hospices across Ontario and increasing the funding for existing facilities Increasing supports for caregivers that will help families and loved ones support palliative patients…