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Daily Media Digest February 20, 2018

Identifying frailty in older patients can predict adverse outcomes after surgery EurekAlert (press release) “Identifying frailty in surgical patients, especially those without apparent disability, will help predict risk of adverse events and repeat hospitalizations, according […]

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February

Daily Media Digest February 16, 2018

Medical lab technologists across Canada feeling the pressure of high job vacancies CBC.ca “Medical laboratory technologists do diagnostic testing, lab tests, blood work, and biopsies that help diagnose and treat disease. Christine Nielsen, CEO of […]

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February

Daily Media Digest February 13, 2018

Canadian Medical Students Urge The Government of Canada to Strengthen Response to Indigenous Mental Health and Suicide Crisis Canada NewsWire (press release) “As tomorrow’s physicians and health care leaders, the medical students of Canada call […]

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February

Daily Media Digest February 12, 2018

Deeply divided Vancouver city council gets it right on harm-reduction plans The Globe and Mail “Mayor Gregor Robertson and almost every councillor thanked Dr. Tyndall and Dr. Patricia Daly, Vancouver Coastal Health’s chief medical health […]

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Daily Media Digest February 8, 2018

Deal ‘close’ to build Trellis facility on shíshálh Nation land, says Dix Coast Reporter “The agreement between Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Trellis Seniors Services and the shíshálh Nation would see the facility built on Nation […]

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Daily Media Digest February 6, 2018

Conquering cancer with a stem cell transplant St. Catharines Standard “… cell transplants. Support of Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre Foundation is essential to making this level of care possible for patients like Linda who […]