Celebrating World Patient Safety Day: Safe care for every newborn and every child

Celebrating World Patient Safety Day: Safe care for every newborn and every child

Each year on Sept. 17, World Patient Safety Day provides an important opportunity to raise awareness,…

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Former chair of health research agency urges Alberta to transform patient care

Former chair of health research agency urges Alberta to transform patient care

Open this photo in gallery: Dr. Raj Sherman listed seven recommendations, the majority of which he…

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Long-term oral glucocorticoid use is associated with complications, healthcare resource utilization, and costs among patients with dermatomyositis or polymyositis

Long-term oral glucocorticoid use is associated with complications, healthcare resource utilization, and costs among patients with dermatomyositis or polymyositis

Introduction Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) is a heterogeneous group of rare autoimmune conditions mainly characterized by…

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Doctor recruitment model may get RDOS support | Life

Doctor recruitment model may get RDOS support | Life

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) board will consider providing funding to a local organization that…

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Breathlessness linked to higher mortality in Malawian hospital patients

Breathlessness linked to higher mortality in Malawian hospital patients

Research led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme shows that over half…

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Wade Steadman: “It’s a choice between dying and dying”

Wade Steadman: “It’s a choice between dying and dying”

The clinical lead for New South Wales’ implementation of voluntary assisted dying talks about how Britain…

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