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Dr. Jyothi Jayaraman is calling on Health Minister Adrian Dix to pass legislation to prevent religious health organizations from opting out of providing MAID
Published July 11, 2023 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 5 minute read
Dr. Jyothi Jayaraman. Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNGs
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A palliative-care doctor says she quit her job at a Vancouver hospice after it was taken over by a Catholic health organization, Providence Health, which bans medically assisted death for seriously ill patients.
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The baby gets sick after being given the wrong breast milk in the Toronto ICU
A Mississauga couple is still seeking answers a year after their newborn daughter was given the wrong breast milk while a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit at a Toronto hospital.
“I want to know why they say the system is safe when that happened,” said Gabriele Forneris, whose daughter was born prematurely on May 22, 2022, weighing just 770 grams.
The infant was transferred to Sunnybrook Hospital and moved to the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Joseph’s Health Center in Toronto on June 17.
Global News has agreed not to report the girl’s first name, or the…
Jamie Foxx’s Health Crisis Reportedly Has Cameron Diaz ‘Shocked and Saddened’
Jamie Foxx’s mysterious health crisis reportedly has his friend Cameron Diaz “shocked and saddened.” The pair previously worked together on Any Given Sunday (1999) and the annie remakes (2014). Earlier this year, when Foxx began experiencing a medical crisis, the two were working on a new film, Back in Action.
According to PEOPLE, a source close to Diaz explained that “one day they were working together, and the next he was just gone.” The source added, “She wanted to be supportive and help out in any way, but her family has kept her status very quiet.” Notably, Diaz has been…
Digital Healthcare Market Stabilizes After Year of Low Investment
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CB Insights has released their State of Digital Health Report for Q1 2023, and there is finally some good news to report. After four quarters of declines in funding in the digital health space, global digital health funding held steady in the first quarter of this year at US$3.4 billion. This is positive news to see stabilization after a year of continuous decline, and the first time funding did not drop quarter to quarter since Q4 of 2021.
They do point out that this is not a trend in overall venture capital funding, but rather something…
Study reveals that wine consumption has an inverse relationship to cardiovascular mortality
In a recent study published in the Nutrients Journal, researchers aimed to understand the association between wine consumption and cardiovascular mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and coronary heart disease (CHD).
The researchers performed a systematic review and meta-analysis using longitudinal studies, including cohort and case-control studies retrieved from multiple databases, which they searched from their inception to March 2023.
Study: Association between Wine Consumption with Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiovascular Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Image Credit: Alefat/Shutterstock.com
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Cardiovascular diseases account for a high proportion of deaths on a global scale, with CVD-related deaths surging to nearly 18 million in…
Canadian hospitals to remain in crisis ‘foreseeable future’: report
A new report from the Canadian Medical Association Journal painted a stark picture of what could be the future of the country’s emergency departments, as staffing shortages and patient surges put a strain on medical resources.
The report published Monday said the summer season will likely be a “precarious and exhausting month” for health-care workers in emergency departments, with impacts ranging from long wait-times to hospital closures.
In recent years, hospital resources have been especially strained due to waves of long-COVID cases, respiratory illnesses and an influenza epidemic. However, physicians say Canada’s health-care system has been in a crisis for…
Monty Williams says his wife’s health was priority, almost keeping him from taking the Pistons job
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From the outside, Monty Williams’ decision to coach the Detroit Pistons next season was made by the Brinks truck they backed up to his house — six years, a reported $78.5 million.
For Williams, it was far more personal and tied to his wife Lisa’s diagnosis with breast cancer, something he opened up about in his introductory press conference.
Williams said he planned to take a season off care for his wife and be with his son Elijah, one of the top high school players in his class. However, positive news…
Guelph Rotary Club donates $300,000 towards a youth mental health facility
‘This money is really about intervention and prevention…we’ve got all these services available so that if a youth does tip over, it’s a warm transfer,’ said Cyndy Dearden, former executive director of the Grove
GUELPH ‒ Access to mental health resources for local youth has become a little easier thanks to a significant financial donation from the Rotary Club of Guelph.
Donating $288,000 to The Grove Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario- Wellington Guelph during a celebratory event and luncheon, all money will go towards supporting the construction of a new youth wellness site on Woolwich Street, which will open in the…