A Must Read for U.S. Citizens Abroad..
Charles W. Cullen, CanAm’s Investment Advisor and Financial Planner affiliate provides his monthly wealth management advice… As we know U.S. Citizens face additional complexities. Here are some articles of interest to U.S. Citizens living outside the U.S. IRS Customs Hold at Airports: Should I Worry? Let’s Talk About: US Tax Countries band together against tax […]
Study Could Change How Heart Attack Patients are Treated – Globe
A new study led by a Vancouver-based doctor could change the way heart attack patients are treated around the world. The research says a common practice dating back 50 years may be doing more harm than good. http://globalnews.ca/news/1690465/watch-study-could-change-how-heart-attack-patients-are-treated/
Vancouver Experiments With Prescription Heroin
Reprinted from the Atlantic article by Matt Schiavenza 11/23/14 Vancouver, one of North America’s most progressive cities in respect to drug policy, will conduct a groundbreaking experiment: prescription heroin. Following a clinical trial involving 26 subjects, doctors at the city’s Providence Medical Clinic have earned permission to provide doses of the drug to a group […]
Failure to Address Seniors Care Threatens System: CMA President
Reprinted from CMA article by Pat Rich on 11/18/24 The Canadian health care system – with its universal access – will become unsustainable unless there’s a national strategic rethink about how seniors care is provided in our nation. The warning came from Canadian Medical Association President Chris Simpson in a key address to the Canadian […]
CMA Adopts New Policy on Patient Referrals
Reprinted from CMA article by Pat Rich 11/10/2014 A new policy statement on streamlining the physician referral/consultation process between primary and specialty care has been adopted by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). The statement was developed by the association’s Forum on General and Family Practice Issues (GP Forum), using research gathered through the development of an […]
Breakthrough as dead hearts are transplanted into patients
By Laura Donnelly, Reprinted from The Daily Telegraph 10.26.2014 Three heart transplant patients have been successfully given organs that had stopped beating, a medical breakthrough that could dramatically increase the “donor pool” for such operations. Donor hearts from adults usually come from those who are confirmed as brain-dead but whose hearts are still beating. But […]
Eastern Manitoba ERs plagued by doctor shortages
Reprint of article BY JERED STUFFCO ON OCTOBER 10, 2014 FOR THE MEDICAL POST online A doctor shortage is crippling ER facilities in eastern Manitoba, forcing staff to scramble and send patients to other hospitals. created a lot of anxiety CBC reports here that “at least eight of the ten hospitals in the area don’t have enough doctors.” Ambulance drivers […]
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Five things I wish I’d known before starting independent practice
Reprinted from the Medical Post Out on your own, you realize you’ve been shielded from certain things during training, and being the perfect doctor is harder than you had thought Written by Sarah Giles on October 20, 2014 for The Medical Post 1. The first two years of practice would be a steeper learning curve […]
Cell transplant allows paralyzed man to walk again, researchers say
Reprinted from CNN online. By CNN Staff updated 3:29 AM EDT, Thu October 23, 2014 A ground-breaking cell transplant has allowed a paralyzed man to walk again, researchers announced Tuesday. Polish man Darek Fidyka, 38, had been left paralyzed from the chest down after a 2010 knife attack caused an 8mm gap in his spinal cord. […]
