Organ donations are surging in Canada, data show – The Globe and Mail
Country’s rate still lags others such as the United States and Spain, new research finds Source: Organ donations are surging in Canada, data show – The Globe and Mail
‘Wow, it’s actually beating’: Novoheart creates tiny heart-like structure with stem cells to test new drugs – Business – CBC News
Novoheart Ltd. is the first in the world to use stem cells to grow miniature human heart-like valves and wants to use them to test new drugs — technology that may lead to fewer animals being used as test subjects and save big pharmaceutical firms billions. Source: ‘Wow, it’s actually beating’: Novoheart creates tiny heart-like […]
Taking control of alcohol-related emergency department visits | Emergency Medicine Journal
Alcohol consumption continues to be a significant contributing factor to hospital admissions and deaths from a diverse range of conditions. Latest Public Health England (PHE) Local Alcohol Profiles for England data1 show that alcohol-related admissions during the year 2015/2016 increased to 2179 per 100 000 admission episodes as compared with 1639/100 000 in 2008/2009. Alcohol-related liver and […]
Veterans face much higher suicide rate than civilians – The Globe and Mail
1,486 former military members ended their lives from 1976 to 2012, with one-third of the suicides occurring after 2002, when Canadian troops were entrenched in the Afghanistan war. Source: Veterans face much higher suicide rate than civilians – The Globe and Mail
Donna May Kimmaliardjuk: Canada’s First Inuk Heart Surgeon – University of Ottawa Heart Institute
She’s a 2018 Indspire Award recipient and a role model for young women and Indigenous youth – not to mention the country’s first Inuk heart surgeon Source: Donna May Kimmaliardjuk: Canada’s First Inuk Heart Surgeon – University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Canadian Physician Employment Job Details
CanAm Physician Recruiting Inc. interactive job board, where physicians worldwide are matched to locum and or permanent placement opportunities. Source: Canadian Physician Employment Job Details
CanAm Completes Weymouth Contract; Health Authority Withdraws Support for Position in community with significant need
CanAm will complete its contract with the Weymouth Physician Recruitment Committee this month. Through the course of our work with Weymouth, we learned a lot about what is happening – and what is not happening – with the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s physician recruitment activities. CanAm was successful in identifying a strong potential candidate for […]
Provincial hiring practices benefit from third party input
This May 2, 2016 article from the Regina Leader-Post by D.C. Fraser highlights the responsibility that provincial governments and provincial medical associations have in the management of taxpayer funds in hiring and retaining physicians. In Saskatchewan, the processes that are in place now seem to be working in their goal of hiring and retaining physicians. […]
Canadians concerned about doctor suicide
In the United States, more than 400 doctors take their own lives each year — and that’s stirring up concern within Canada’s medical community. Dr. Derek Puddester, the associate medical director of the Ontario Medical Association’s Physician Health Program, says we need to take steps here in Canada to address the fact that physicians have […]
Star Trek’s Tricorder is materializing; RC Fellow is one of 10 finalists for an XPRIZE
Reprint from RCPSC Dialogue, Vol. 14, No. 10, October 2014 When Star Trek: The Original Series debuted in the late 1960s, it’s visionary tricorder — a portable device capable of scanning, sensing, computing and recording data — was the substance of dreams. Those dreams are quickly becoming a reality. Sonny Kohli, MD, FRCPC, and his […]
