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‘Social prescriptions’ aim to ease patients’ depression, loneliness
A growing number of doctors are prescribing visits to museums and art galleries, but what does the science say?
Love on borrowed time: Cancer patients find romance despite terminal prognosis
When facing a disease with life-or-death stakes, matters of the heart may seem like a secondary concern. But cancer can serve as a “litmus test” for a relationship — and many fail, said Dr. Robert Rutledge, a Halifax radiation oncologist.
Diabetes patients will be put on low calorie diet to beat disease
DIABETES patients are to be prescribed a “very low calorie diet” in a new action plan to battle the disease, NHS England announced yesterday.
‘We’re guinea pigs’: Canada’s oversight process for implanted medical devices stuns suffering patients
Millions of Canadians rely on surgically implanted medical devices in order to function — to do everything from walk without pain to pump blood through their veins. But a new CBC investigation reveals some devices are approved with scant scientific evidence to show they are safe and effective.
Antidepressant shortage alarms Saskatchewan patients with mental illnesses
The shortage in Canada of bupropion, a popular prescription antidepressant, has been stressful for patients with mental illnesses and the people who care for them.
Hospitals profiting from private cord blood bank didn’t disclose financial ties to patients
Two Toronto hospitals that have a financial relationship with a private company that banks blood from babies’ umbilical cords say they need to be more upfront about their affiliation after an investigation by CBC’s The Fifth Estate raised questions about their practices.
The million dollar drug that patients can’t access
Glybera is a made-in-Canada discovery that made history, becoming the world’s first drug approved to treat a genetic disease. But when it went on the market at a price of $ 1 million, it was immediately labelled the most expensive drug in the world and was only sold once.
Hospital patients thought they would miss out on Election Day — until these 2 nurses came to the rescue
Lenox Hill Hospital Two Lenox Hill Hospital nurses created a program so their patients could vote on Election Day this past Tuesday, the New York Post reported. Many of the patients were hospitalized for last-minute emergencies or in labor, so they couldn’t physically leave the hospital to complete their ballots. For hospitals without voting programs, […]
Familiar music could give Alzheimer’s patients a cognitive boost, study suggests
It’s long been known that Alzheimer’s patients often retain musical memories, even when they can’t remember names, faces or places. Canadian researchers say brain scans have helped them understand why.
