¿Cuánto hay que esperar para desconectar a una persona del soporte vital?
Cuando un paciente con un traumatismo craneoencefálico grave está en coma, en cuidados intensivos, no responde y está conectado a...
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Tissue and Organ Repair: Innovations in Biomedical Engineering
Combining biomedical finesse and nature-inspired engineering, a University of Ottawa-led team of scientists have created a jelly-like material with great...
Maps Show Scarce Shelter and Medical Care as Rafah Operation Is Underway
Hundreds of thousands of Gazans have fled the southern region of Rafah over the past week, after Israel has expanded...
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Escalation of Opioid Deaths
Premature deaths related to opioids doubled between 2019 and 2021 across Canada, with more than 1 in 4 deaths among...
As Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital Faces Closure, Patient Care Suffers
Once a full-service hospital that performed heart surgery and treated a range of stroke patients, Beth Israel on Manhattan’s East...
Latest Research in Metastatic Prostate Cancer Treatment
The Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has enrolled this week the first patients to take part in...
Patient Dies Weeks After Kidney Transplant From Genetically Modified Pig
Richard “Rick” Slayman, who made history at age 62 as the first person to receive a kidney from a genetically...
Overcoming Challenges: Pregnancy for Patients with Disabilities
Like many parents, Diana Drake updates social media frequently with photos of her daughter, Ryan, who is almost one year...
Herbert Pardes, Who Steered the Growth of a Giant Hospital, Dies at 89
Dr. Herbert Pardes, a psychiatrist and a former director of the National Institute of Mental Health who brought order to...
The Impact of Overuse of Preventative Blood Thinners: A Pilot Study
A year-old pilot project at St. Paul’s Hospital to track unnecessary use of preventative blood thinners in hospital patients has...
Opinion | The Loss in Gaza Captured in One Photo
An American surgeon who volunteered in Gaza sent me a photo that sears me with its glimpse of overwhelming grief:...
