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WEBHealthy Debate’s editorial team is staffed by professionals with medical and journalistic backgrounds who make sure our coverage of health care in Canada translates what health-care insiders are seeing and thinking into articles accessible to readers from all walks of life. We’re ER doctors and dogged reporters, physicians and finicky ...
Cord blood banking in Canada - Healthy Debate
WEBNov 14, 2013 · Private or ‘family banks’. There are nine private, or ‘family’ banks across Canada that facilitate the collection and storage of cord blood for the exclusive use of patients and their families. This comes at a cost. Most private banks charge about $1000 for the initial cord blood extraction and assessment, and about $100 per year for ...
Palliative care can’t wait: what I wish I’d known as my wife was dying
WEBJul 5, 2017 · But a little foreknowledge could have alleviated some of the suffering of those last few days, both Suzanne’s and my own. Paul Adams’ wife, Suzanne Szukits, a Canadian diplomat, died last September at the age of 56. My wife Suzanne had done everything she could to prepare for her death. But without access to …
Test results: whose job is it to tell the patient? - Healthy Debate
WEBDec 18, 2012 · According to Jocelyn Charles, Chief of Family and Community Medicine at Sunnybrook, a physician who orders a test – for blood, ultrasound, X-rays or CT scans – is responsible for responding to abnormal results and communicating these results to the patient. “Specialists are expected to communicate their assessments, test results and ...
Is it safe to take acetaminophen daily for arthritis pain?
WEBMar 25, 2014 · He says most patients can safely consume three or even four grams of acetaminophen day-after-day for long periods. “It is when you get to six, seven or eight grams a day that you get into trouble.”. An extra-strength tablet contains 500 milligrams. “If you take two extra-strength tablets, three times a day, you are consuming a total of ...
Innovative models pave the way for safe, high-quality long-term …
WEBJan 13, 2021 · An April 2020 report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives states that while safety is the priority now, “We must make sure that we build on the existing research while drawing lessons for the future that allow us to do more than provide a safe environment for all those who live, work and visit in long-term residential care.”.
Canada’s death investigation system needs an overhaul
WEBFeb 24, 2020 · In the coroner’s system, a coroner is assigned to oversee death investigations and decides on the additional testing required before formulating an opinion as to an individual’s cause of death. In Ontario, coroners are required to be physicians, usually general practitioners, and work closely with local forensics units to …
Dying at home: What I learned from my husband’s death
WEBMay 31, 2017 · The night my husband died, I slept beside his corpse in our bed. All night. This wasn’t exactly by choice: the funeral home did not retrieve bodies after 8 p.m., and there was no other bed available for me to sleep in, as all our children were home to help care for their father. I tell this story whenever I discuss the realities of dying at home.
Medicine Wheel: How I use its teachings in my healing journey
WEBOct 3, 2018 · The Medicine Wheel teaches us that we have four aspects to ourselves: the physical, the mental, the emotional, and the spiritual. Each must be in balance and equally developed in order for us to remain healthy, happy individuals. According to the book “ The Sacred Tree,” written by Phil Lane, Jr, Judie Bopp, Michael Bopp, Lee Brown and ...
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