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Protein responsible for brain cell death after stroke
There are many branches of stroke research from prevention, emergency treatment, to rehabilitation technologies and therapies. When a person suffers a stroke, it is a race to try to minimize the death of brain cells that follow the initial damage and oxygen deprivation.
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OSCAR: an open source electronic medical health record
The Ontario Government’s electronic medical record fiasco spent a billion dollars with little to show for it. At McMaster University, physicians and programmers have developed a comprehensive, secure, web-based and open source electronic health records system that is ready to be rolled out across Canada. There are several major differences in the way the system…
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Coming up on Sunday House Call October 18, 2009
Sunday House Call # 286 (Oct 18, 2009) 580 CFRA Ottawa at 3 PM 3:15 The Ontario Government’s electronic medical record fiasco spent a billion dollars with little to show for it. At McMaster University, physicians and programmers have developed a comprehensive, secure, web-based and open source electronic health records system that is ready to…
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Should Canadian Olympic athletes receive immediate priority for the H1N1 vaccine?
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 14, 2009 [display_podcast] Sources: Ottawa’s plan to shelve flu vaccines breeds dissent in health ranks Medical official urges flu vaccine for athletes
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Why the headline "Healthy women at high risk of severe swine flu: study" is misleading
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 13, 2009 [display_podcast] References: Healthy women at high risk of severe swine flu: study Related editorial from JAMA
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Adult obesity may start at infancy
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 12, 2009
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Inductions do not increase cesarian section rates
Original broadcast date: October 11, 2009 Although there is a belief that an elective or non-emergency induction of labour will lead to increased rates of cesarean sections, research conducted at the University of California, San Francisco and the Stanford University School of Medicine in affiliation with the Stanford-UCSF Evidence-Based Practice Center, has found the opposite…
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